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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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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Okay now which one are we all expecting?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago

Honestly, they'll probably paywall porn first

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Starting with the second but eventually the first

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

That very very unlikely.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

K I t t y I n s u b r e d d I t

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Rotating paywalls on any sub greater than 10,000 users.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

I hope they do that. Another brick in the wall for reddit's demise.