/r/Pics is now PatreonPics™ Latest Pictures

Good morning, /r/Pics subscribers.As we're sure you're aware, the price of bandwidth has been increasing significantly over the past few months, reaching a year-over-year increase of 69%¹. Due to this increase, /r/Pics has fallen on hard times and can no longer afford to provide bandwidth to its users for free.As a way to help cover rising costs, /r/Pics is now a tiered platform.Only Top-Tier users will be able to post. Users who are not Top-Tier will only be able to view or comment; they cannot submit posts. This ranking system allows /r/Pics to conserve bandwidth while also providing users with a sense of pride and accomplishment in the images that do get posted.To become a Top-Tier user, you will need to purchase something from the Reddit Pics Store².How to become a Top-Tier user:Go to the Reddit Pics Store.Purchase something from the Reddit Pics Store.Click this link to message /r/Pics with your order number. The order confirmation number should be the only thing in the body of the message. Put "XXXXXXXXX" not "Order number: XXXXXXXX"Once the moderators have received your order number, you will be considered Top-Tier and able to submit a post.Additional graphics and products will be unlocked as we reach our fundraising goals:$5,000: An additional picture of the /r/Pics moderation team$50,000: Lewd images of the /r/Pics moderation team$100,000: The /r/Pics moderation team will take a picture doing what is described in the top comment.There may be some initial difficulties as this change is rolled out, but as always, we encourage you blame the admins and not us.Thank you for being a subscriber to /r/Pics!TL;DR: You have to spend money to post here now. Buy something from the Reddit Pics Store.¹ Nice!² Here's the truth: The store and the products are real, but 100% of the proceeds will be donated to charities supporting humanitarian and journalism efforts in Ukraine. via /r/pics https://ift.tt/DsL6Spu