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

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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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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I knew it was time to jump ship and go somewhere else. This is a much better place.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

It is indeed, a refreshing change of scenery.

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