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  • GoodEye8@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Interesting point about the future of Reddit in that article:

    Huffman said, however, that he’d like some form of revenue-sharing.

    “I would like subreddits to be able to be businesses if they choose,” he said, adding that’s “another conversation, but I think that’s the next frontier of Reddit.”

    The long-term goal is monetization of subreddits. I’m glad I won’t be there to see that happen.

    • darkmugglet@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I think this is where the Fediverse can shine. If a Corp wants to join and host their own stuff, they can, and it will be really clear. Decentralization means that instead of a single broker of the information we can have a range from altruistic to straight up monetization exist side by side. But why some Corp would pay for a subreddit is crazy…I mean, what is the value prop? Companies would have to pay for the subreddit and then moderate it too?