2026-01-10 21:33:00

I came across an idea about the future direction of social media platforms. Logically, it makes sense, but it doesn't sound very pleasant.

The core concept is actually inspired by the super like feature in dating apps: paid subscription users can post one "super post" daily, which will bypass algorithm restrictions and be shown directly to all fans without filtering.

Imagine this scenario — you need to pay to ensure your voice is heard. It sounds a bit crazy, but from the platform's perspective, this is indeed a model that can increase subscription revenue. Priority distribution rights essentially amount to selling traffic privileges.

The problem is, as this mechanism gradually evolves, it could exacerbate the polarization of platform content: voices with paid capabilities are amplified, while ordinary users' content becomes increasingly easy to be drowned out. In the long run, whether this is beneficial or detrimental to the health of the platform ecosystem is worth pondering.

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BlockchainBouncer

· 19h ago

This is a typical case of "the rich get priority," and in the end, the platform becomes a playground for money. Pay to be heard? So the voices of the poor should be silenced? It directly destroys the intrinsic value of the content, all based on the size of the wallet. If this continues, the decentralization理念 of Web3 will truly become a joke.

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LeekCutter

· 19h ago

Now I realize, isn't this just openly pricing traffic? It should have been like this a long time ago actually. --- Here comes another round of scalpings, but this time it's out in the open haha. --- Basically, the voices of the wealthy are always the loudest, that's how internet democracy works. --- Hasn't it been like this all along? They just didn't spell it out clearly. --- Brilliant, doesn't this mean ordinary people have even less chance now? --- Oh, traffic is actually valuable, now they just wrote the hidden rules into it, which is quite honest. --- We're doomed, if this continues, only the voices at the top of the pyramid will remain. --- Damn, the big account's super posts vs my painstaking long articles, what kind of setup is this. --- The platform is learning the Dawi method of cutting, too ruthless. --- So the platform is just an auction house, traffic has become a commodity. --- I just want to know, where will these ordinary users go when the time comes.

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DeFiDoctor

· 19h ago

Algorithms starve free voices; paying is the only way to be heard. This is the platform's clinical diagnosis. --- The essence of traffic privileges is selling unfairness. In the long run, the platform will hollow itself out. --- Pay to break through the algorithm? Isn't this turning information democracy into a subscription-based oppression? --- Once polarization forms, the Matthew effect becomes irreversible. The platform's self-destructive code has already been written. --- This logic may seem to increase revenue in the short term, but the risk premium of ecological deterioration will eventually have to be paid. --- From the day voices are commodified, social media has already died; it's just still bleeding on the corpse. --- Why can't social platforms learn from DeFi's transparency? They insist on black-box pricing. --- Ordinary users become second-class citizens, and the platform is digging its own grave. Who else wants to stay?

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FOMOSapien

· 19h ago

Basically, it's about putting a price on the right to speak. The logic is indeed valid, but it's really disgusting.

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AirdropHarvester

· 20h ago

This is outrageous. You have to pay just to be heard? Isn't this just blatant money-grabbing? --- Another "innovative business model," essentially bringing the wealth gap into the feed. --- Forget it, it's bound to be like this sooner or later. The platform just wants to squeeze every individual dry. --- It's incredible. Ordinary people now have to pay monthly just to have a voice. --- This guy's analysis is spot on, but it sounds uncomfortable, like democracy is being consumed by capitalism. --- Once paid privileges are introduced, there’s no end in sight. --- I bet five bucks that some platform will copy this trick within half a year.

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