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Would you pay for Hacker News?
I wanna know that since hackernews being really valuable source, if they go paid how much would you be willing to pay/month?
- CrimsonRain 2y agoYes.
- umairjutt 2y agoInteresting, why is that and how much you would be willing to pay?
- willemlaurentz 2y agoYes, for what's worth. No, if it means other folks would be unable to keep using HN - therefore creating a bias in audience towards folks with money to spent (often great ideas and insights are a result of constraints in resources - this community thrives because of it)
- umairjutt 2y agoI got your point & its solid one, What Can Hacker News do new & you will be willing to pay for that?
- sph 2y agoNo. Its usefulness is proportional to its size, and a paid version would just mean amplifying the bad sides of this site: elitism and US-centric middle-class posturing. Computing is at its best when it serves humanity as a whole, and this place, being one of the most diverse and large places to talk about computing, benefits from not being only populated by bored Silicon Valley FAANG workers. On the other hand, as a relatively heavy user, a paywall means I could stop wasting time here and actually start doing some work.
- cies 2y agoCannot agree more. Putting ads and other distractions (like awards you can buy and give), are also a form of payment that I may or may not tolerate. Reddit went down that route, and HN reminds me of the early days of that platform (Aaron we miss you, we will never forget you were killed by the state). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYMpTgswAxc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYMpTgswAxc
- vpol 2y agoNo
- umairjutt 2y agoI got your point, but question is that what Can Hacker News do new & you will be willing to pay for that?
- jl6 2y agoI was rather hoping Hacker News would pay me.
- umairjutt 2y agoHaha, bro what did u take?
- Woodi 2y agoYes. So far the only thing on the internets I voluntire to pay is LWN - for quality of articles. HN is in worse position - it's "just" mass and quality comments which is easier to copy, eg. lobster alredy exist and there "was" slashdot before (but form is somewhat unreadable...). But if I had a choice - ads or paywall - then paywall is superior for both sides, possibly even the future. But HN should wait till WW3 ends...
- umairjutt 2y agoI got your point, but question is that what Can Hacker News do new & you will be willing to pay for that?
- bediger4000 2y agoI would not pay. I look at HN primarily because it aggregates good links, not because of the comments, which is somewhat the opposite of reddit.
- umairjutt 2y agoI got your point, but question is that what Can Hacker News do new & you will be willing to pay for that?
- baxtr 2y agoMost probably not. I would accept ads to keep it for free. Similar to reddit, X, insta etc.
- umairjutt 2y agoI got your point, but question is that what Can Hacker News do new & you will be willing to pay for that?
- Jiahang 2y agoi will go away
- umairjutt 2y agoI got your point, but question is that what Can Hacker News do new & you will be willing to pay for that?
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