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Some subreddits could be paywalled, hints Reddit CEO (9to5mac.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has hinted that in future some subreddits could be paywalled, as the company seeks to devise new sources of income.

He suggested that the company might experiment with paywalled subreddits as it looks to monetize new features. “I think the existing, altruistic, free version of Reddit will continue to exist and grow and thrive just the way it has,” Huffman said. “But now we will unlock the door for new use cases, new types of subreddits that can be built that may have exclusive content or private areas, things of that nature.”

This is another move likely to anger Redditors. While the platform is a commercial enterprise, its value derives almost entirely from freely offered user content. That means Redditors feel at least some sense of ownership in a community endeavour, so the company needs to tread carefully when it comes to monetization at user expense.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Lemmy's largest userbase growth of all time, ever, happened during the reddit API fiasco.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Did some people leave? Sure. Any actual significant portion? No, not even a little.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yes. More than a little. It was a huge event for lemmy. Did you think the entire reddit userbase was going to switch in one week? Reddit didn't get their userbase in one week. It's a process. Now there is a well known alternative to reddit. Everything in reddit looks shittier than it was before the exodus. It's nearly impossible to become a 'new user' on reddit and with the rando-bans they keep giving out they are just going to keep shrinking.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yes. More than a little.

If you'd like to post evidence that contradicts my source, please do. "Leaving" for a few days doesn't count.

Did you think the entire reddit userbase was going to switch in one week?

I was not discussing anything to do with "switching", I was discussing users leaving Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If you'd like to post evidence that contradicts my source, please do. "Leaving" for a few days doesn't count.

I was not discussing anything to do with "switching", I was discussing users leaving Reddit.

Maybe they encountered so many charming people like you on Lemmy they had to go back to Reddit in case they turned nice?

Would that mean they switched and switched back? Or left and re-joined?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, because we all know Reddit only has the nicest folks...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well it looks like they’re missing at least one 😉

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Missing one...?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You of course! Silly goose

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I don't get it. I belong on Reddit because I'm a nice person?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I was really tempted to continue playing along here but then I thought you may just be Autistic and unable to follow….

You appear to be a little aggressive with your messages, normal people don’t communicate in such a confrontational way. Just take a step back, take a deep breath, and try to have civil disagreements with people.

We’re all just here to read some stuff, learn some stuff and try to ignore our real lives for a bit… let’s try and have fun while we’re here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Guys we are responsible for creating good atmosphere, don’t offload your emotional baggage here.

This is our turf and you create it, build it. What you put here will be the thing you take out

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You call me autistic in one sentence and accuse me of being confrontational, then ask me to be civil in the next. I think maybe you need to work on your communication skills.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

This guy getsn't it

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There's also no correlation between creating a Lemmy account and completely quitting Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

No, but it's a reasonable assumption that individual will be spending less time on the platform, at the very minimum.

Personally, I haven't used Reddit on my phone since they killed third party apps, although I have used the desktop site for a few subreddits that don't really exist here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Reddit has over 1,000,000,000 active users per month. Lemmy has about 50,000. The API fiasco was a big deal for lemmy, but it was not a big deal for reddit. Lemmy is a rounding error to them.

I would also bet that a lot of lemmy users still visit reddit for their niche communities. I know I do, even though I host a server for my own niche hobby, but I'm the only one who's ever posted anything to it.