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by addajones 1321 days ago
Absolutely! People love to hate it’s very infectious. I personally believe for-profit social media companies should have always charged a subscription. People tend to be more respectful and use things they pay for.
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none of the big social media companies would have gotten big if the users had to pay.

See something awful where you had to pay a tenner to post.

You're correct 100%. I just think the entire idea of building a userbase for free isn't so great.