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Reddit CEO Says Paywalls Are Coming Soon (gizmodo.com)

submitted 1 year ago by pepsi_not_coke@sh.itjust.works to c/world@quokk.au

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Reddit, a platform founded in part on the premise of openly and widely sharing information, is ready to put up some paywalls. In a video Ask Me Anything (AMA) session hosted by CEO Steve Huffman following the company’s quarterly earnings report (which went poorly), the founder and exec said Reddit is actively testing ways to make some content require payment to access and plans to roll out a “paid subreddit” feature later this year.

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[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But why would they do this through Reddit and not Patreon?

You can already make private subreddits.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Probably because Reddit is massive.