Reddit’s Chief Says He Wants It to ‘Grow Up.’ Will Its Community Let It?
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As the social media site matures, its users and moderators have made their displeasure about corporate changes known, putting the company into a bind.

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  • Leshoyadut
    3•2 years ago

    It also has the opportinity cost of the viewer not getting first party ads or giving tracking data. Even with these things, though, it’s still nowhere near what they’re charging.

    Also, fuck ads and tracking data.

    • Fishshake
      2•2 years ago

      As I’ve said before, unrealized capital is not a cost.

      Unless you run a shitty business.

    • Zorque
      1•2 years ago

      They also had a revenue and/or profit sharing agreement with one of the bigger Android apps up until a little bit after Huffman took over as CEO. So it’s not like they couldn’t have had a slice of the pie anyways.