I guess my fundamental question is what on Reddit is worth paying for? And I don't mean that as an insult to Reddit, but as a serious question. What 'content' is worth actual money on Reddit, and for content which is worth paying for, why is Reddit the place to pay for it when it's free elsewhere? They're essentially trying to monetize conversation and forum posts in a way that hasn't been done yet, but it doesn't 'click' with me yet.
People are heavily invested in the communities in the subreddits. You can get communities for free elsewhere, you can't get those specific ones. And let's not make this a discussion on the quality of the subreddits, the users obviously think they're worth spending a lot of time on.I guess my fundamental question is what on Reddit is worth paying for?