Offer them some prune juice.
The worst is when they edit the original post with just "Edit: Nevermind, I figured it out" and nothing else ever again.
Definitely me, was on Reddit for over a decade and I already posted more here.
I think the standard approach is free downloads and ads for revenue. I've seen places offer a "premium" download at a faster speed too and/or more concurrent downloads.
Let's do it.
Don't you know? Consequences are for little people.
I'm loving Lemmy and planning to stay, it's been cool seeing so many new communities pop up and grow every day.
Definitely me, haven't opened reddit since the protest.
Really great point, but also there are a lot of working class people who would find the cost to move abroad prohibitive, so this recruitment method works surprisingly well unfortunately.