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[spenczar5]

I don’t see how. Can you explain how a company makes revenue purely by retaining users? I think they still need a monetization scheme separately. [edited for clarity]

[tehbeard → spenczar5]

In the context of Reddit, it's only a no-ad website if you're running adblock.

[spenczar5 → tehbeard]

Sorry, I was unclear - I was trying to pose a hypothetical, not to say Reddit has no monetization.

[mbesto → spenczar5]

Retaining users means:

- You can sell ads to them

- You can continue to sell ads to them

A proxy, if you will. For a for profit business, what other reason is there if not to drive some monetary value.