Non.io, a Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
Heya HN, I've been working on a reddit-like platform as my primary side project for the last few years. Doing a (very) soft launch today, mainly because I want to use it to encourage discussion of alternatives. How non.io works: 1. Free to browse, paid to interact. 2. Minimum subscription is $2 (though you can choose more). I take $1 to run the servers, everything left gets split evenly between everything you upvote that month. It's a simple model, but I hope it's a better one than the freemium model we've been relying on for the last few years. Fundamentally I feel like any ad-supported…
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Non.io is a Reddit-like discussion platform where browsing is free but posting and voting requires a paid subscription starting at $2 monthly. The creator retains $1 per subscription for server costs, with remaining funds distributed equally among content the subscriber upvotes that month. Built over four years, the platform aims to align user and platform incentives by eliminating advertising-supported models, offering an alternative approach to community discussion.
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Heya HN, I've been working on a reddit-like platform as my primary side project for the last few years. Doing a (very) soft launch today, mainly because I want to use it to encourage discussion of alternatives. How non.io works: 1. Free to browse, paid to interact. 2. Minimum subscription is $2 (though you can choose more). I take $1 to run the servers, everything left gets split evenly between everything you upvote that month. It's a simple model, but I hope it's a better one than the freemium model we've been relying on for the last few years. Fundamentally I feel like any ad-supported network doesn't have alignment between the needs of the users and the needs of the platform, which is what drove me to make this. Because this is a soft launch, if you do subscribe I'd encourage you not to pay for the time being. I'm still testing the distribution algorithm for returning funds - you won't get overcharged or anything, but I just want to guarantee your funds are properly distributed at the end of the month. I've opened up free accounts to post and interact in the meantime. If you want to try a test account, use this login: login: hackernews pw: helloworld Edit: Loginless browsing here: https://non.io/#all If you want to browse the code or the api: https://api.non.io https://github.com/jjcm/nonio
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