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Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says (arstechnica.com)
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When asked about "new, key features that you plan to roll out for Reddit in 2025," Huffman responded, in part: “Paid subreddits, yes.”

Reddit's paywall would ostensibly only apply to certain new subreddit types, not any subreddits currently available. In August, Huffman said that even with paywalled content, free Reddit would "continue to exist and grow and thrive."

A critical aspect of any potential plan to make Reddit users pay to access subreddit content is determining how related Reddit users will be compensated. Reddit may have a harder time getting volunteer moderators to wrangle discussions on paid-for subreddits—if it uses volunteer mods at all. Balancing paid and free content would also be necessary to avoid polarizing much of Reddit's current user base.

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[–] melp@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Was the last one bad? I came from the last one.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I arrived here in June 2023 as part of the interest in alternatives after the API changes were announced. We saw a spike in applications, so I expect that could happen again, though we're not as major of an instance as we were back then. Lemmy.world will likely take the brunt of the influx, and as we're not federated with them, the impact should be minimal.

I'm still on Reddit for niche communities, but I use it very differently from 20 months ago. I've grown to enjoy a collective of self-selecting people who want something better than what Reddit offers, which is less and less by the month.

[–] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There’s currently an Redexit of Canadians who are looking to get off US-controlled social media.

Lemmy.ca has had a huge spike in enrolment as it’s the one that was most prominently promoted in r/BuyCanadian. Apparently, it’s had over 9k signups in the past day.

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 7 points 1 week ago

I don't think there's enough understanding domestically about what has happened to our standing globally. We're not being made great again, we're being made a toxic brand that others are trying to cut ties with. But hey, tariffs will fix that, right?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So did I, haha. This was a "yay new friends"-type comment.

I actually haven't heard much grumbling about it since, so we seem to have behaved alright. Or at least just provided such an overwhelming share of traffic there's nobody to complain.