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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...

“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.”

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Lol I was just about to post this. Yeah this is a decision for sure. Wouldn't be surprised if this causes another big spike in Lemmy usage
- May it be so.
- Probably not. People will hang onto stuff because "everybody's there" and "but lemmy doesn't have enough content" 🤷‍♂
  Anti Commercial-AI license
  
  I think it could be the "digg v4" of reddit. People want to use the most popular free platform. If faced with a paywall on reddit, they'll just go somewhere else. Most likely people will go over to Threads, but maybe some will find Lemmy.
  
  Don't forget "it's too complicated"
  
  "Selecting a server is too complicated". Won't ever understand that.
  Anti Commercial-AI license
  
  But what if I pick the server with all the furries? 🧐
  
  We can file that under: expanding worldviews.
  Anti Commercial-AI license
  
  Well probably the average Joe may not even know what a server is, not even being able to chose a server which is the best suited for him.
- Spikes are not that interesting. In fact, hey can harm more than be useful (server problems during peak, maybe for days, sudden cost increase for maintainer) if its not an organic and slow increase. The longterm conversion rate is much more important.
- Yep, this is good for Lemmy

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