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How exactly would a website like reddit monetize itself without ads? Donations?

Or for that matter, how would HackerNews itself exist (without a YC parent) if getting users to subscribe was not an option?



https://ssl.reddit.com/gold

Probably like that...?


but my point is that hackernews does survive. its not a pipedream


HN survives because it is a tool to recruit high quality people/teams to YC. There have been articles saying YC is worth $1billion so running HN with no revenue is worth it.

Saying all sites can follow this model is not feasible.




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