On Monday, r/pics(opens in a new tab) — a massive community with over 30 million members — officially marked itself NSFW (not safe for work), meaning Reddit is no longer able to show advertisements alongside posts appearing in the subreddit.
On Monday, r/pics(opens in a new tab) — a massive community with over 30 million members — officially marked itself NSFW (not safe for work), meaning Reddit is no longer able to show advertisements alongside posts appearing in the subreddit.
Basically, they’ve made it impossible to generate revenue from an extremely popular sub, while also potentially scaring advertisers away from reddit as a whole.
What’s the point of making it nsfw?
Can’t advertise on NSFW subs
Reddit won’t put ads on nsfw subs. Hurts reddits public image. Or at least that’s my impression of it.
Most advertisers specifically ask for their ads not to be placed next to NSFW content.
“we don’t want the tits in the content to detract from the tits in our ads”
Plus for any 3rd party apps that are scabbing for reddit, NSFW subs won’t show up.
Reddit won’t put ads on nsfw subs. Hurts reddits public image. Or at least that’s my impression of it.
Advertisers don’t like it, and they make up a big part of Reddit’s income.
Reddit won’t put ads on nsfw subs. Hurts reddits public image. Or at least that’s my impression of it.
It’s explained in the article.
Basically, they’ve made it impossible to generate revenue from an extremely popular sub, while also potentially scaring advertisers away from reddit as a whole.
Reddit won’t put ads on nsfw subs. Hurts reddits public image. Or at least that’s my impression of it.