- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- technology@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- technology@beehaw.org
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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“altruistic”… fuck off.
Didn’t feel altruistic when they told me I couldn’t put affiliate links in the sidebar for my subreddit.
Are they TRYING to kill the site or what?
Porn, they’re going to monetise it.
I always wondered when they will do it. They have the set up.
So they will make money of people’s nudes and they will still expect them to post them for free?
Or maybe they will share it with users? but still this isn’t good for actual communities.
I’m guessing there will be some compensation. Something like the streaming model. Company makes $ and gives a cut to user. The most popular ones can make quite a bit. I believe Twitter does this now too if I’m not mistaken. You can get paid based on total impressions to your post
Why do you think it would work like that? Why would anyone post content under that model?
Yup, this is going to be their first stop
How about instead of paywalling. They just sort of concrete wall the entire site then leave it there too rot for all of eternity?
been telling everyone on the reddit post about this to ditch reddit for lemmy. this could be a really good thing for this platform
I am going to try to revive some of the dead subs in here with posts and engagement.
Why “some”? It should be “all”. Select the subs you want to subscribe to and get billed monthly.
I don’t see what could go wrong.
Just joined because of this. Hopefully I’ll be able to leave that cesspool.
Lol glad to move to lemmy
I just made a Lenny account because of this. Fuck them
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.
My guy create a Lemmy community about whatever topic and I will post something weird and offputing there, high-five !
Try posting on asklemmy, it may not be big enough for individual communities but I think you could bring in a crowd on a post about a particular episode, game, or event if you posted there
Is that its intended use? Actually not a bad idea
Maybe contact the mods, but I used it to identify a fledgling with great success when I couldn’t find an active birding community
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.”
Comms and subcomms?
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?)
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?
I think I’m going with the terminology used in Lemmy’s documentation.
Cumms and subcumms
Thank you for information! I’m happy to have joined this community. For the most part there’s actual discussions here and not just meme answers at the top of every post
For the most part there’s actual discussions here and not just meme answers at the top of every post
Preach, no karma chasers here.
they’re called lemmy communities, and there’s plenty of interaction! honestly it reminds me of the old days on Reddit before it ballooned into the monster it is today, I legitimately prefer it in every way other than lacking the niche communities (looking at you !2007scape@lemmy.world >.>)
you can find good political discussion in !politicalmemes@lemmy.world or !news@lemmy.world
dunno if there’s any good basketball communities tho, not my bag lol
Thank you! And I like the interactions I’ve had so far. It’s just that I’m a huge NBA fan and that’s where I spent most of my time on Reddit. The nba Lemmy community isn’t very big yet but I’m trying to change that by being more active here. I really enjoy this and it feels like actual discussions can be had here unlike on Reddit.
Lemmy is naturally more focused on technology, so sports communities will probably continue to be mostly on Reddit.
It doesn’t have to be this way. There are instances focused only on basketball, soccer, American Football, Tennis…
It would be great to have people like you on https://fediverser.network. Follow the subreddits that you miss from there and use to promote the Lemmy alternatives.
And I hope to see you soon on !nba@nba.space. :)
“Sub” is a generic term from the BBS days, short for “subforum”, “subcommunity”, whatever, so I just use that. I don’t like to use “community” because it’s long and clunky.
I wasn’t aware of that! Thank you for educating me on the term.
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What did you do to that poor lemming, you creepy bastard!
Welcome!
“But now we will unlock the door for new use cases” … like locking doors.
If you’re gonna spend money to post on a forum, might as well just sign up for Something Awful. Or pay for access to Usenet if you don’t get free access from your ISP.
Bye reddit, it was fun while it lasted. Comments like this from out of touch ceos make me stop using the product. Same reason I canceled spotify after years of being a subscribing customer to move to Tidal
Go ahead. Only the occasional link brings me to reddit these days and I will treat his paywall just like all the others. By closing the tab and moving on.
Morals aside, this wouldn’t work from a business perspective.
Reddit is a media company now, they’re not a community. Tons and tons of ads, thin skinned moderators with God complexes running completely out of control, and they now have platform profit responsibility.
Will cost them - this is a significant change to, by definition, some of their most popular content. Many people go to Reddit purely to find non-paywalled versions of content.
I don’t even get how this would work. If you paywalled, say,
/r/gaming, could you just make a new community called/r/freegaming? And do the moderators get paid for the communities they created?It all feels really half-baked and a desperate plea for money from investors when the money well is drying up.
