A standoff between the site and some of its most devoted users exposes an existential dilemma.
On Monday, thousands of the largest communities on Reddit went private, effectively removing themselves from the site. In an instant, Reddit became less interesting and useful.
90-plus percent of Reddit users are on our platform, contributing, and are monetized either through ads or Reddit Premium. Why would we subsidize this small group? Why would we effectively pay them to use Reddit but not everybody else who also contributes to Reddit? Does that make sense? These people who are mad, they’re mad because they used to get something for free, and now it’s going to be not free. And that free comes at the expense of our other users and our business.
But Huffman’s mixed metaphors do tell a story. As similar as its underlying business model may be, Redditdifferent from its social media competitors, and contributes something different to the internet around it.
The experience of feed-based social networks is primarily about the individual. In addition to endless streams of content, they provide their users withfeedback and validation, or opportunities for notoriety or fame, in exchange for their contribution and engagement. Their most devoted users, whose presence helps keep others around, are driven to cultivate brands — to see their followers as customers — in all but explicit marketplaces for attention.
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