The Reddit rebellion and the challenge of commercializing communities

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Post by samg » Mon, Jul 06, 2015, 4:08 PM UTC

The Reddit rebellion and the challenge of commercializing communities
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Re: The Reddit rebellion and the challenge of commercializing communities

#2

Post by toomuchtodo » Mon, Jul 06, 2015, 4:19 PM UTC

"I suspect it will be possible to create a large business with a collective identity community but it will require an unprecedented level of host-community interchange."

TL;DR You can't monetize a democracy-driven online community, but could support it with a coop model.

Re: The Reddit rebellion and the challenge of commercializing communities

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Post by Sven7 » Mon, Jul 06, 2015, 5:23 PM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #2

"I suspect it will be possible to create a large business with a collective identity community but it will require an unprecedented level of host-community interchange." TL;DR You can't monetize a democracy-driven online community, but could support it with a coop model.

Like the Internet?

Re: The Reddit rebellion and the challenge of commercializing communities

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Post by wang_li » Mon, Jul 06, 2015, 5:31 PM UTC

Just charge $1/year. Seems like you could easily run reddit on $150,000,000. You could even do a free/premium model. Free users get ads and limited number of down votes and comments per day. Paid users get no ads and unlimited comments and down votes per day.