Charlie McHenry<p>In the wake of recent fee changes and subscriber models, <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/POEai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POEai</span></a> users on Reddit are evidently plotting a boycott. <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/POE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POE</span></a> subreddit has been seething with user anger of late, recently tipping a boiling point. Of course Quora’s <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> platform needs to make $$, but rolling it out with much fanfare and spinning the changes as opportunities and user benefits when they are clearly $$ grabs, was horrific <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/PR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PR</span></a> and reflects not only poor planning but hubris and entitlement. They could have been honest, up-front, a decided to go the low-marketing road instead. Something like: “We’re raising fees and restructuring subscriptions at this moment because [list relatable and justifiable reasons: costs, R&D, ongoing dev, adding new stuff, empowering users, etc.)” <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/quora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quora</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/BusinessCommunications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessCommunications</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/spin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spin</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PoeAI/s/ISrsFH9whO" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/PoeAI/s/ISrsFH9wh</span><span class="invisible">O</span></a></p>