Some subreddits could be paywalled, hints Reddit CEO - 9to5Mac
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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has hinted that in future some subreddits could be paywalled, as the company seeks to devise...
    • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Literally, they should be paying users for their comments, not charging them.

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    My initial reaction was to get pissed, but then I remembered I don’t care anymore.

    Reddit policies now affect me as much as National Holidays in Mongolia.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      The only way that it’ll affect us is if they paywall existing subreddits that contain a ton of useful information. But you can’t even find that information half the time anymore anyway, so I guess it’s a wash.

    • Don_Dickle@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      I bet you ten to one we are going to get a super influx of redditors and I will bet you askhistorians will be behind a paywall which will be nice if the mosey on over here.

  • LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    5 months ago

    ROFL Way to sink a vessel sooner, CEOs are so ridiculous! I used to care, but now that I have no skin in the game; I just laugh. Or fight if they try to bring their bullshit to another platform.

  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    I think this is a great idea and they should implement it immediately. Spez is charting a bold new direction, fighting back against every instinct of logic or sanity.

    Looking forward to the next fediverse boom.

  • silentobserver@ani.socialEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Well shoot, I had no idea about this. I guess I picked a good time to check out lemmy. I was already tired of the ads disguised as posts, or constantly having subs I didn’t care about shoved in my face. So this just adds onto an existing list of reasons to bail.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    The minute porn isn’t accessible for users submitting PII, That site is gonna Tumblr off a cliff.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    People really need to remember how easy it is to create a forum of their own. There is literally no need to pay reddit for a niche community, when one can just be created in an afternoon. Hell, you can just spin up a community on Lemmy. But of course reddit will delete and block any posts with information about moving a subreddit somewhere off-site.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Who is “they”? You’ll need to pay for hosting, and a domain, but that’s like $5 per month and $20 per year, for one person. Nobody else would need to pay. I suppose the biggest issue is that most people don’t know how to do that anymore, and nobody wants to. It used to be something people got excited about when they were passionate about a hobby.

        • Socialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          Sorry I misunderstood. I thought the post I was replying to was regarding just create a new subreddit, if a different sub starts charging.

          But now that I’ve re-read it, it says “community” as here on Lemmy. So I misunderstood. :)

    • Beaver@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Yup. They can remove any content they don’t like under guise of “Our platform is ours so no free speech”

      • SilentObserver@lemm.eeEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Remove content they don’t like while pushing content in my face that I don’t want to see.

        Between the constant ads and politically divisive subreddit recommendations that plague my Reddit experience, Lemmy feels like a breath of fresh air. I actually see the stuff I want to see, and am not having garbage pushed onto me.

  • Beaver@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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    5 months ago

    I just deleted my old Reddit bookmark and the app as Lemmy serves everything I want at this point.