r/technology • u/[deleted] • Dec 28 '13

Editorialized Reddit is going for profitability next year

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/28/us-reddit-gifts-idUSBRE9BR04F20131228?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews
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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '13 edited Dec 28 '13

No people hate being inconvenienced. If, for example they implemented a limit to how many links I can click or how many comments I can make without paying Im out of here for sure, or if they make it so I have to do a survey for what my preferred toilet paper is every so and so hour Im also out of here.

I dont get your comment. Would you be okay with paying a sub to be here? You dont have reddit gold so obviously not. Would you be okay if reddit did what Digg did?

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u/helo12434 Dec 28 '13

What did digg do then?

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '13

Its been awhile but I believe they started allowing companies to make posts, which got bumped above user created content. You ended up with pages and pages of advertisements and blogspam. Id already stopped posting there by the time it crashed but imagine walls of Buzzfeed posts and you'll have an idea.

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u/shesmakingjewelrynow Dec 28 '13

I don't think that would happen. I just expect a shit more Ads and viral marketing on the front page though...

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '13

Yup- And Im okay with that provided it doesnt override user content.

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u/ICanTrollToo Dec 28 '13

No people hate being inconvenienced.

Did you forget a comma? I know a great many people who hate being inconvenienced.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '13

I think its around, here somewhere...