Re:Ask HN: In theory, how would you monetize HN?
by zacharycohn on Wednesday December 15, 2010 @06:00PM
(#2010201)
Assuming it isn't unreasonably high, I would pay.
I was reading Something Awful since about a year after they launched (late 90s). I never got around to registering for the forums. Now, I kick myself for not having been a part of and stuck around that community when it was that small.
Them charging (they have a one-time fee, but I think HN could definitely be monthly) cut down SEVERELY on the crap content, because only people serious enough to pay could post.
Having a free-read/comment-and-post-pay system I think would be great, even if you price it as low as $5-10/month.
I was reading Something Awful since about a year after they launched (late 90s). I never got around to registering for the forums. Now, I kick myself for not having been a part of and stuck around that community when it was that small.
Them charging (they have a one-time fee, but I think HN could definitely be monthly) cut down SEVERELY on the crap content, because only people serious enough to pay could post.
Having a free-read/comment-and-post-pay system I think would be great, even if you price it as low as $5-10/month.