# Reddit vs. Discourse: A Tale of Two Incentive Models

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**Created:** [2026 年11 月 5 日 04:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reddit-vs-discourse-a-tale-of-two-incentive-models/416582 "2026-11-05T04:17:57Z")\
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作者： ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
发布日期： [2026 年11 月 5 日 04:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reddit-vs-discourse-a-tale-of-two-incentive-models/416582/1 "2026-11-05T04:17:58Z")

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On October 29, Reddit’s leadership announced plans to transition the site into a primarily logged-in experience, starting with initial rollouts in a few markets outside the US. Under the new setup, if you click through from a search engine or a direct link, you’ll still be able to read that specific thread - but for almost any other browsing, you’re going to hit a login wall.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.discourse.org/2026/11/reddit-vs-discourse-a-tale-of-two-incentive-models/](https://blog.discourse.org/2026/11/reddit-vs-discourse-a-tale-of-two-incentive-models/)

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