Reddit CEO says Microsoft needs to pay to search the site

[7bit]

> Without these agreements, we don’t have any say or knowledge of how our data is displayed and what it’s used for ...

I know that per EULA (or whatever it's called) the contributions we do on reddit become their data. However, reading statements like these still leave a sour taste in my mouth, without the people's discussions and contributions, they wouldn't have anything to sell for profit.

[downrightmike]

I'm fine with msft crawling my reddit data for free

[GoToRO]

They can buy it, just like they did with GitHub, LinkedIn. You need data to train those AI models.

[marcuskane2]

Reddit will in turn be paying the people who posted the content, right?

[l3l_aze]

I'm sure spez will deliver the checks in person monthly. He can talk to the users about their comments he edited recently, and encourage them to join communities like jailbait.