Reddit CEO Says Paywalls Are Coming Soon

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1. This is why I hate the stock market. Companies are forced to prioritize growth above all else, and it’s unsustainable. Instead of providing a better product, it becomes an issue of “how bad can we make this product before we hit diminishing returns.” A great product costs money and probably doesn’t disturb the user much, if at all. But where is the revenue?! Better to just take a great product, turn it into an OK product with brand recognition, and flood the space with ads and paywalls.

2. I wonder what this could mean. NSFW content behind a pay wall? It’s the only way I could see this succeeding, but the investors wouldn’t like reddit becoming onlyfans 2.

3. When the pay walls go up, the people will leave.

   Shit-dick’s twitter thought it would make garbage changes to the site and still have the same user base, look what happened there. Reddit executives really think that can’t happen to this site.

   I’ve used Reddit for over a decade now. I’ll have zero problem dropping this site when the time comes. I’ll continue to get my news and laughs from somewhere else.

4. When and if this happens something else that is free will rise up to replace it. They aren’t big enough like some other social media sites to have a wide enough reach that they aren’t replacable.

   At least thats my opinion.

5. What exactly will be behind a paywall? Nudes? knowldge? Steven life hacks 365 the unlimited master life addition? I don’t see a thing that worth paying to be a part in honestly… and ig people would juat make an alternative subs for the paid ones in no time…

6. I’ve dropped facebook, 9gag, twitter and instagram (and some smaller pre-facebook social media platforms). I have no issue dropping reddit too when the time comes. 

7. This guy doesn’t really believe we will all go off to the next place if he puts in paywalls.

   I’ll tell him now 🙂

   Hey reddit CEO!! We will all go off to another place the minute you put in paywalls! Reddit will limp on for a bit until you reverse the paywall idea and then you’ll lose your job! If investors are forcing some monetization on you it would be better for your career if you resign now before paywalls. Although you probably only became CEO because you assured those investors that you could do it. Oopsie!!

8. i am not surprised newsflash: reddit doesnt make money and never did they are in the same situation twitter was pre elon they struggled to turn a profit of their user base. hopefully this will get down reddit fake valuation down and someone can buy this cesspool and put some sense into it.

9. The total enshittification of the Internet is almost complete.

   They managed to take arguably the greatest tool humanity has ever created, and turn it into a collection of diarrhea coated billboards.

   Musk and friends will come for Wikipedia next. Mark my words.

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