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

submitted 6 months ago by ForgottenFlux to c/technology

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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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[–] smithbird02 139 points 6 months ago (25 children)

I just made a Lenny account because of this. Fuck them

[–] Chespirito 22 points 6 months ago (19 children)

I’ve switched to using this as well but it has very little user interaction. I hope it grows and is able to compete with Reddit one day. It would be nice to be able to go to a basketball or political subreddit (what do we call them here?) and actually be able to have a nice conversation.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (7 children)

Where Reddit has "subreddits" Lemmy has "communities." Which is a 4 syllable word with 9 or 11 letters depending on singular or plural and no convenient abbreviation so most of us especially the Reddit expats lapse back into calling them "subs."

[–] dezmd 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Comms and subcomms?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No such thing as a subcommunity AFAIK. There are instances (like lemmy.world or sh.itjust.works) and those instances have communities (like Technology or AskLemmy or...do we have a MallNinjaShit yet anywhere on the Fediverse?)

[–] dezmd 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy.world is a community, /c/news is a subcommunity in that context.

It is whatever we collectively decide it is with enough traction at the end of the day, right?