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by ch00 5822 days ago
Regardless of what the Reddit admins or Conde Nast are doing right or wrong to monetize their site, I think it's simply a matter of assessing the value of the information Reddit has exposed me to -- not just via the links but also the user comments. That aggregate value I've derived from their service over the past four years is still far more than what I just donated. (arguably it was more valuable a few years ago when there were fewer animated gifs linked on the homepage)

But that begs the question: if I'm paying reddit, why am I not giving back to the content authors that reddit linked to?

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> But that begs the question: if I'm paying reddit, why am I not giving back to the content authors that reddit linked to?

Hopefully when you visit their sites, you are involving yourself in whatever their method of monitization is. Subscriptions, viewing ads, whatever it is.