Reddit’s Moderator Revolt Casts Shadow on Potential IPO

This article was published yesterday but I did not see it posted here. Please merge if there's already a post about this.

"Reddit’s winding path to a potential initial public offering hit its latest bump after the site’s plans to make more money from access to its data drew condemnation from volunteer moderators."

iratesorbet,
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Very_Bad_Janet,

Thank you, boo!

Veraxus,
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Here’s some gold. This is how we do it here, yes? Yes??

🏅

drp,
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The hero in the comments.

EvilMonkeySlayer,

Reddit told Barron’s the company has communicated to its communities that access to the data involves costs. It also said the Apollo app is less efficient than other third-party apps.

Oh dear. Reddit once again burning that bridge.

phi1997,

Do ashes burn?

Trebach,

With chlorine trifluoride, damn near anything will burn.

WarHellRide,
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Does every damn social media site have to go public now? Greed is killing the internet. These guys are so greedy they'll take anything.

quantum_mechanic,

I can't imagine people being too excited to buy shares at this point anyway.

Xeelee,
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Nobody who has any understanding of the internet would ever buy Reddit shares.

Raji_Lev,
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Sadly, the business and financial worlds are largely dominated by people who have no understanding of the Internet, except maybe as "that thing my kids look up cat pictures and porn on"

Xeelee,
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I know. The people who will end up buying Reddit won't do it for the money. Just like Twitter, they'll be more interested in bending it to their will.

FaceDeer,
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Well, good. As a big giant corporation, money and share value are the only things that Reddit really cares about in the end.

DarthYoshiBoy,
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What a load of garbage takes that was. It didn't present any side other than the provably false one that Reddit is projecting. I can hardly believe that passes for reporting even in this day and age. 💩

whatthecaptcha,
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Minimal info in that article for sure to the point it seemed to intentionally obfuscate

H_Interlinked,
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The fact that it's behind a paywall is ridiculous. 🙄

RooPappy,

This line: "The move may be an effort by the firm to improve its financials ahead of a potential initial public offering."

Isn't that confirmed bullshit? I thought every developer had already said that the API costs were so high that they were going to shut down. Are there developers who were willing to pay?

You don't improve your financials by putting a price on things. You only improve them if you actually collect money.

coppit,

They want that sweet sweet AI startup money.

DonaldTrump,
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Covfefe!

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  • FaceDeer,
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    Not all novelty accounts are the same. Personally, I'm soooo tired of Donald Trump that I have difficulty finding humor here. Whoever's running this account needs to be very creative to make the joke land and this comment really missed that mark.

    zalack,
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    Yeah, there are still plenty of novelty accounts on Reddit.

    phill,

    Indeed. SquaredCircle has three legendary ones. I hope they make it across!

    Xeelee,
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    Or maybe some people just don't find fascists funny.

    DonaldTrump,
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    I am not a fascist, I am even writing a book about it, a great book. I will finish this book in jail. Its called "My Stuggles", a great title. Everyone will love it for sure, absolutely everyone.

    34,

    This is a paywalled article, anyone got a summary?

    Xeelee,
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    tl;dr: not really worth reading

    abff08f4813c,
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    Can do one better! https://archive.is/8zB9K

    Parallax,
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    Real heroes are always in the comments.

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