This was a triumph.

#1

Post by JesseAldridge » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 4:44 AM UTC

Re: This was a triumph.

#2

Post by lispygem » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 5:06 AM UTC

Don't you think they should be showing comments from "gold" users differently? Kind of like what PG did a while ago using different colors highlight distinguished users...

Re: This was a triumph.

#3

Post by emlizhenta » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 5:08 AM UTC

I wish they published some numbers though. The conversion rates for freeminum models (that I've seen) haven't been spectacular. Lets hope reddit breaks all rules here.

Re: This was a triumph.

#4

Post by patio11 » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 5:11 AM UTC

lispygem wrote: post #2

Don't you think they should be showing comments from "gold" users differently? Kind of like what PG did a while ago using different colors highlight distinguished users...

That would segment Reddit immediately into at least four communities among the gold/ungold and supports-highlighting/opposes-highlighting axes, and I suspect many members of those communities are going to be violently passionate that only their position is acceptable for True Reddit Supporters and that the heretics must burn.

Re: This was a triumph.

#5

Post by mahmud » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 5:11 AM UTC

lispygem wrote: post #2

Don't you think they should be showing comments from "gold" users differently? Kind of like what PG did a while ago using different colors highlight distinguished users...

That would be their undoing. The last thing egalitarian reddit needs is a class system.

Or maybe I am wrong, Slashdot has been starring their paid subscribes for ages, but I am not sure reddit wants to stoop to slashdot levels.

Re: This was a triumph.

#6

Post by dot » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 5:12 AM UTC

emlizhenta wrote: post #3

I wish they published some numbers though. The conversion rates for freeminum models (that I've seen) haven't been spectacular. Lets hope reddit breaks all rules here.

They mentioned 6000 supporters.

Re: This was a triumph.

#7

Post by nphase » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 5:16 AM UTC

emlizhenta wrote: post #3

I wish they published some numbers though. The conversion rates for freeminum models (that I've seen) haven't been spectacular. Lets hope reddit breaks all rules here.

I guess people _will_ pay to keep something they love alive. Great to see humanity at work.

Re: This was a triumph.

#8

Post by demoon » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 5:20 AM UTC

Congrats to reddit team, despite some frequent "this is not reddit" remarks here on HN I still love that community.

Out of curiosity I just checked compete.com and was disappointed to learn that Digg is approximately 8 times as big, lets hope that's the measurement error.

Re: This was a triumph.

#9

Post by JesseAldridge » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 5:30 AM UTC

dot wrote: post #6

emlizhenta wrote: post #3

I wish they published some numbers though. The conversion rates for freeminum models (that I've seen) haven't been spectacular. Lets hope reddit breaks all rules here.

They mentioned 6000 supporters.

Out of 8 million active users. So 0.075% donated. About one donation per thousand users.

Re: This was a triumph.

#10

Post by olefoo » Tue, Jul 13, 2010, 5:40 AM UTC

mahmud wrote: post #5

lispygem wrote: post #2

Don't you think they should be showing comments from "gold" users differently? Kind of like what PG did a while ago using different colors highlight distinguished users...

That would be their undoing. The last thing egalitarian reddit needs is a class system. Or maybe I am wrong, Slashdot has been starring their paid subscribes for ages, but I am not sure reddit wants to stoop to slashdot levels.

Stoop to?

I love reddit dearly, but there are some days when you could run it through.

    sed -e 's/narwal/Natalie Portman/'

and get something that was recognizably slashdot circa 2002.