Ask HN: Would you pay to use Reddit? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Would you pay to use Reddit?

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Post by Ayietim1 » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 9:24 AM UTC

I can't put a figure on it now because I believe there would be different packages for different service contents. The bottom line is, I will pay. http://wp.me/p5sIGP-kK

Re: Ask HN: Would you pay to use Reddit?

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Post by nonkool » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 11:01 AM UTC

With a better UX, more control around quality, more relevance to me - yes.

Re: Ask HN: Would you pay to use Reddit?

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Post by spacemanmatt » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 12:05 PM UTC

No. I think fees would send readers and contributors scurrying, too.

Re: Ask HN: Would you pay to use Reddit?

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Post by jordsmi » Sat, Aug 01, 2015, 3:19 PM UTC

If it kept all of the same people and info, yes.

If I was going to pay just for there become a free alternative elsewhere, no.

Re: Ask HN: Would you pay to use Reddit?

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Post by anon3_ » Sun, Aug 02, 2015, 1:07 AM UTC

Reddit is a tool. It's software; a middleman. The value is provided by the group.

Take a view at the attitude of the current admins:

> Well, now she's gone (you did it reddit!), and /u/spez has the moral authority as a co-founder to move ahead with the purge. We tried to let you govern yourselves and you failed, so now The Man is going to set some Rules. Admittedly, I can't say I'm terribly upset.

source: http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3dautm/conten...

How would you feel if Microsoft Word started criticizing people based on the content they written? This is a thing?

Reddit was just a tool. The admins need to step out of the way. I don't care if there are "creepy" reddits.

The entitled and pompous attitude of admins is so elitist it's sick. You're a forum. You're not gods. You're not priests.

Re: Ask HN: Would you pay to use Reddit?

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Post by Rainymood » Sun, Aug 02, 2015, 1:39 AM UTC

5$/month, can't go without that /r/circlejerk and /r/subredditdrama

Re: Ask HN: Would you pay to use Reddit?

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Post by miguelrochefort » Sun, Aug 02, 2015, 4:00 PM UTC

I wouldn't pay for Reddit if others had to pay to contribute to it.

I would make it free for contributors, and paid for lurkers (i.e., monetize karma).

Re: Ask HN: Would you pay to use Reddit?

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Post by 1arity » Mon, Aug 03, 2015, 1:48 AM UTC

This would be a great idea. CC verification could secure identity, and a "civil society" like system could spring up and effect real civil penalties for misbehaviour. Reddit's "moral code" is impotent without the means to effect meaningful enforcements. So, Reddit is going to continue to be a den of iniquity and sin until people pay to use it, and pay more to use it badly.

I'd recharge every now and then so I could keep commenting and voting. ( 1 cent per vote, 2 cents to comment, 5 cents to down vote ( and downvotee gets it ) ), and penalties ranging in 10s - 1000s of dollars based on severity of misbehaviour. Some kind of judicial review system would also work to establish consistency.