So the headline is worrying, and I think a bit clickbaity. If the idea was to take e.g. r/iama or NSFW subreddits or something and require a paid subscription then that would suck, and is clearly the spectre the headline is trying to raise.<p>But the actual suggestion seems to be more along the lines of a competitor to patreon-linked discords, where patrons get access to a specific community, which is fine? As long as Reddit doesn't ban other subreddits discussing the same topics as the paid subreddits, they can be safely ignored if it's not your thing.