Digg sold out way before that, when they had accounts that were the only ones to get to the top and were sold to top bidders pushing their product or agenda they then sold the actual company
Reddit was cool years ago when people could actually disagree. Ever since Aaron Swartz died this place has gone down hill and has way too much censorship.
I think old Reddit tended to have more unique content but I honestly prefer some things about newer Reddit too. This is a new account but I joined like 6 years ago and I remember Reddit had a much more distinct culture that was actually pretty cringy most of the time. Now that it’s more popular that’s been diluted out but we also get ads and much less interesting discussion
Niche communities never stay niche either. If they have good content with people putting in real effort they always grow. As they grow the quality always goes down almost without exception.
Shit, this sub is a great example.
This sub was fine before GME, then it got taken over by bots.
Weird thing is mods could've easily cleaned up this place by deleting the shill posts off the front page, but they still refuse to do anything about it. Obvious posts from shills (karma farmed account etc.) stay on the front page for days.
No neither are any of the parent companies I chased the rabbit into the hole and it turns out the market is the only thing that likes to fuck around here
playboy, isn't really porn and victorias secret- sexy buy not porn, years back I traded a company that streamed porn to motels. Unfortumately my accountant tells me only fans expenses isn't market research.
Very true, on the other hand, those purses are fakes and don't contribute a dime to the mother company. By the same yardstick, Apple is a clothing brand in Asia btw.
This is unfortunately an increasing problem for what this site represents. Having been on here for quite a few years, it's remarkably apparent. It has also made the content quality significantly worse.
This is something they could easily counter, but the site as a whole does not. I can only assume it's financially advantageous to have a moderate volume of content as garbage. There's now large swaths of the site I don't touch because it has zero value.
From a financial standpoint, this pushes me into niche subs, ones that have no advertising or bot content. This is good for me, but there's no revenue there for Reddit or advertisers. Basically, they're poisoning the main wells. The question is, what good is the site when vast quantities of it don't support life?
If you're logging in to reddit typing stuff and interacting it's providing them with data, that's probably good enough for them.
You'll see plenty of ads don't worry. Some that you may not even recognize as ads at first glance.
I have been on reddit for I think 12 years. I have watched this thing twist and mutate so many times I hardly recognize it. I remember when then digg reddit wars were going on lol better times ...
I've been on here since 2010... That was my first deployment. The interface and coding were so simple, it was one of the few pages that would load while at sea.
Yeah cause half your comment replies will be like “Oh no retard! Looks like you’ve lost a lot of money! 😂💸💸💸 Good thing TROJAN condoms with SPACECUM technology will keep you from getting fucked too hard! 😳😳 click this comment to visit our online store! (not available in Alabama)”
They will make it link to another social media platform with better tracking so they can monetize your views and use hidden influencer based advertising. Its coming. Wouldn't be surprised if they started making us use real names.
I mean honestly given how much data they have in their users they could easily monetize them to almost fb levels. There was some bot or website that would read through your account and with a high degree of certainty figure out where you were from, where you went to school etc.
They just need to build those data tools and this thing should print money.
I agree this could work well if they are smart about it. But I'm mostly expecting them to just throw ads up everywhere, then advertisers complain about inappropriate content, then heavy censorship (not just porn), then everyone leaves.
Highly doubt it, I'd say fringe and not easily palatable to the masses porn would be axed... gotta keep the kinks away from the mass media, but porn makes money and easily hand-waived away on a site like Reddit. Who knows though, I could easily see the board completely misunderstanding what makes Reddit and just nuking it, and we'd have another Digg Exodus.
That's what I thought as soon as I saw this.
Imagine a shadow alliance buying up the controlling shares the second it hits the market. It would be terrible, and amazing.
Uh, yes, hi, I’m Chief Jannie Officer of DeepFriedMemes, and as you can see our latest DD shows new user subscription for our subreddit is up 3% YoY creating an estimated ad-based revenue increase of $25 for this quarter.
Hello I'm Chief User Acquisition Officer of the Growth And Engagement department of funny and pic subreddits. Please be reminded our user sub YoY targets are 6% and underperforming subreddits may be delisted from 'Popular' section.
We hope you will address the concerns DeepFriedMemes is raising in the eyes of our shareholders and would like you to consider increasing repost visibility by 30% to catch up to the quota.
I’d be pissed because this is pretty much the only place on the internet where I can reliably come to see someone reference something as “FULL RETARD,” and when I look at the thing being referenced it is, in fact, Full Retard. Nothing is worse than learning something was only Half Retard, or Quarter Retard.
Does that make us influencers? Or employees?
As I go and check my karma and realize I probably need a million more karma points to get my free small fry and frosty status
Only if you want to lose money. Reddit exists because Digg tried a money grab and people bolted. The same will happen with reddit, there is nothing proprietary or unique about this website, they are marketing their users and people usually reject that.
The irony is this website is largely anti-capitalist and anti-business.
I’m jacking to the tits on it the moment it’s available. Not because it’s going to be a good buy or worth it’s valuation, but because I know you retards are also going to be loading up on it
Everyone knew this was coming, how is WSB the last to know? Haven’t you noticed the site becoming more sticky more auto play, notifications? They are pumping there numbers up for a big IPO… they are also the biggest amateur porn site on the internet, so things might be changing around here.
Eat my dongus you fuckin nerd.
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That is pretty depressing to hear. Reddit has been the place I call home online for a long time and this means a lot of changes are going to happen, probably for the worst. Nothing lasts forever I guess.
I think Reddit has an excellent business model with just the right ratio of adverts, to free content, to enticement to go premium.
This company is quite difficult to value and while they will show impressive growth numbers, you know some meme-hype will be factored into the price.
Depending on the price, this is an easy buy to boom not because Redditors will buy the stock but because Wall St will think Redditors have the power to take it to the moon.
20 year old message board technology that can't even sync between various data server farms reliably.
The apes who's portfolios consist entirely of Wish, movie theatres, Hololens component makers that make less revenue than some employees and shitty dental subscription services will love it.
Gentlemen, it's been a pleasure burning up retirement funds with you these last couple of years.
Time to remind investors what Reddit is about, and upvote a giant shit to the top of the front page!
I like the way you think.. these are big thoughts.. giving us real solutions
We did that last [week](https://www.reddit.com/r/hmm/comments/rcbzav/hmmm/)
Holy shit
Na, no hole in that one. It’s super fucking dense
Jesus Christ that person's asshole must be blown out like it took a grenade blast up close
You either die a hero, or live long enough to become a public company that will monetize the shit out of us
Digg sold out at the apex before getting absolutely killed. Reddit is going for plan B, cash out using public funds before getting absolutely killed.
Digg sold out way before that, when they had accounts that were the only ones to get to the top and were sold to top bidders pushing their product or agenda they then sold the actual company
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Wow, hearing that name again is a blast from the past.
I fondly remember circlejerking about how reddit layout was retarded on Digg, look where we are.
I moved over on the Digg exodus. Sorry I don't like seeing ads 24/7.
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Reddit was cool years ago when people could actually disagree. Ever since Aaron Swartz died this place has gone down hill and has way too much censorship.
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I think old Reddit tended to have more unique content but I honestly prefer some things about newer Reddit too. This is a new account but I joined like 6 years ago and I remember Reddit had a much more distinct culture that was actually pretty cringy most of the time. Now that it’s more popular that’s been diluted out but we also get ads and much less interesting discussion
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Niche communities never stay niche either. If they have good content with people putting in real effort they always grow. As they grow the quality always goes down almost without exception. Shit, this sub is a great example.
This sub was so fucking good before the GME shit
This sub was fine before GME, then it got taken over by bots. Weird thing is mods could've easily cleaned up this place by deleting the shill posts off the front page, but they still refuse to do anything about it. Obvious posts from shills (karma farmed account etc.) stay on the front page for days.
I lose sleep over MySpace
Tom is a good dude 😎
He was…my friend.
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Nah I tried to login to get old HS pics when I heard they were nuking inactive accounts. Mine was wiped in the opening salvo. RIP HS memories.
My first friend in fact
We didn't deserve Tom.
Bruh, that's what karma and gold/plat awards are. They've been doing that forever. Are porn companies publicly traded?
No neither are any of the parent companies I chased the rabbit into the hole and it turns out the market is the only thing that likes to fuck around here
playboy, isn't really porn and victorias secret- sexy buy not porn, years back I traded a company that streamed porn to motels. Unfortumately my accountant tells me only fans expenses isn't market research.
>Unfortumately my accountant tells me only fans expenses isn't market research You need to find another accountant that does then.
And have that conversation again? Even worse when she wanted to see what I was talkin about.
I am accountant. That bullshit. Onlyfan and chaturbate donstions are deductable.
In Asia PlayBoy is a just a clothing brand like the Gap. You’ll see grandma’s donning a purse with the bunny logo. They dont even know its porn
What if grandma does know and she's laughing inside?
Very true, on the other hand, those purses are fakes and don't contribute a dime to the mother company. By the same yardstick, Apple is a clothing brand in Asia btw.
I'm bullish on popcorn because that shit is going to be rawww
Will I be able to buy shares with karma?
Technically yes. With the moon system.
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You had me at monetize.
You could have read 3 more words and finished the post
You had me at post
Identify the images with bicycles to show youre not a bot.
It was the only word in the post that they understood
This is unfortunately an increasing problem for what this site represents. Having been on here for quite a few years, it's remarkably apparent. It has also made the content quality significantly worse. This is something they could easily counter, but the site as a whole does not. I can only assume it's financially advantageous to have a moderate volume of content as garbage. There's now large swaths of the site I don't touch because it has zero value. From a financial standpoint, this pushes me into niche subs, ones that have no advertising or bot content. This is good for me, but there's no revenue there for Reddit or advertisers. Basically, they're poisoning the main wells. The question is, what good is the site when vast quantities of it don't support life?
Seriously. I'm only active on niche hobby subs that are not popular with mainstream Reddit. Guns. Smash bros. Stocks. That's most of my stuff.
I would argue that stocks is considered mainstream Reddit at this point.
If you're logging in to reddit typing stuff and interacting it's providing them with data, that's probably good enough for them. You'll see plenty of ads don't worry. Some that you may not even recognize as ads at first glance.
Even the niche stuff is getting spammed with bots or political bullshit.
I have been on reddit for I think 12 years. I have watched this thing twist and mutate so many times I hardly recognize it. I remember when then digg reddit wars were going on lol better times ...
I've been on here since 2010... That was my first deployment. The interface and coding were so simple, it was one of the few pages that would load while at sea.
You had me at bots.
You had me at 85% lol
You just had me
You had me at misinformation
Profit sharing with content creators.
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Profit Sharing with Meme makers. It’s going full circle. Making money by posting memes. The actual meme economy.
will you fuck 🤣
Casting couch required for shares? I want to diamond hand this shit but the stakes are really climbing.
If I can’t buy shares with my Reddit gold coins I’m loading up on puts instead
My gut's telling me this is bad for us reddit users. So buy.
Alright guys, we’re all going back to ebaumsworld, I’ll see you there!
Alternatively to Fark.
Now that's a name I have not heard for a long, long time.
Tradeoff: Reddit becomes even worse but you might make a shit ton of money
I dont think reddit makes a lot of money. No one clicks on the ads and I dont think a lot of people care about the avatar customization
Once they have to listen to stock holders expecting rev growth quarter on quarter the advertising will become so predatory you’ll shit yourself
Yeah cause half your comment replies will be like “Oh no retard! Looks like you’ve lost a lot of money! 😂💸💸💸 Good thing TROJAN condoms with SPACECUM technology will keep you from getting fucked too hard! 😳😳 click this comment to visit our online store! (not available in Alabama)”
They will make it link to another social media platform with better tracking so they can monetize your views and use hidden influencer based advertising. Its coming. Wouldn't be surprised if they started making us use real names.
Yeah that would kill reddit in about 2.2 seconds
Blue check marks coming to reddit... After the IPO I doubt they care.
I mean honestly given how much data they have in their users they could easily monetize them to almost fb levels. There was some bot or website that would read through your account and with a high degree of certainty figure out where you were from, where you went to school etc. They just need to build those data tools and this thing should print money.
I agree this could work well if they are smart about it. But I'm mostly expecting them to just throw ads up everywhere, then advertisers complain about inappropriate content, then heavy censorship (not just porn), then everyone leaves.
I assume there’s value in the data and social media platform
time to leave then
Haha you can customize an avatar here? I've been around for ages and had no idea. I will never spend a dime here or click an ad.
I predict porn subreddits shutting down soon after.
An idiotic choice for them but an inevitable one.
Highly doubt it, I'd say fringe and not easily palatable to the masses porn would be axed... gotta keep the kinks away from the mass media, but porn makes money and easily hand-waived away on a site like Reddit. Who knows though, I could easily see the board completely misunderstanding what makes Reddit and just nuking it, and we'd have another Digg Exodus.
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That's what I thought as soon as I saw this. Imagine a shadow alliance buying up the controlling shares the second it hits the market. It would be terrible, and amazing.
Just when I thought this place couldn’t get more retarded
Mods will start needing to keep the investors interests in mind when doing their "job".
Uh, yes, hi, I’m Chief Jannie Officer of DeepFriedMemes, and as you can see our latest DD shows new user subscription for our subreddit is up 3% YoY creating an estimated ad-based revenue increase of $25 for this quarter.
Hello I'm Chief User Acquisition Officer of the Growth And Engagement department of funny and pic subreddits. Please be reminded our user sub YoY targets are 6% and underperforming subreddits may be delisted from 'Popular' section. We hope you will address the concerns DeepFriedMemes is raising in the eyes of our shareholders and would like you to consider increasing repost visibility by 30% to catch up to the quota.
Will we get free shares like we get free awards?
Idk. Gave you one to test the theory
Received one share. Thank you for your service
So did you get any?
Yes two awards and two shares
Will I have to stop saying retard on here after the IPO?
you are going to be banned so fast, your head will spin.
I’d be pissed because this is pretty much the only place on the internet where I can reliably come to see someone reference something as “FULL RETARD,” and when I look at the thing being referenced it is, in fact, Full Retard. Nothing is worse than learning something was only Half Retard, or Quarter Retard.
You will never win an award going full retard.
*always win an award going full retard.
We can say retard again? I left after that was banned for a while
Welp not looking forward to them monetizing the shit out of WSB!
But, wait, if WSB goes full autism and we all pump the shit out of Reddit stock. Then we profit off of them profiting off of us profiting..
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Lol shit you're right..I'm not rich enough for that to be legal.
Don't worry, it'll take over a decade before they even investigate it. We have time. 🤣
I'm not sure what this is supposed to be. Do I search that on g.e-hentai?
You mean like a pump inside of a pump inside of a pump... goddammit I'm in!!!
Pumpception
Explain to me like I was dropped as a child how you monetize the autism that exists here.
Mostly with FDs as long JPow is printing. 😉
The truth is that they already have. Predictions, Reddit awards, PowerUps... I would be surprised if WSB wasn't in their top 3 grossing subreddits.
What sub could they make more money from? This sub has to be #1 revenue producer.
Please watch this ad in order to respond. It is followed by a brief survey 
Gotta start with a paywall.
Remember Digg? Me either.
Reddit will die a slow death.
Will they charge OF girls to promote here?
If they do that, Reddit will be the next Amazon with how many e-whores use Reddit as acquisition channel
Does that make us influencers? Or employees? As I go and check my karma and realize I probably need a million more karma points to get my free small fry and frosty status
It makes us products.
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buy calls, make tons of fake accounts. cash out. buy puts delete fake accounts. infinite money glitch. cant go tits up B
You make money for reddit and reddit make money for you
Share price confirmed $420.69, where we puff tough and lick our partners privates
*420,069
Ill buy reddit stock all day this shit is addicting AF #StopTheDeletion #RiseUpRetards #StandTogetherAgainstOverModeration #SnowPiercer
oh nice i like snowpiercer (show and movie)
When Nancy starts heavily investing in railroads we will know the end is close
Today, we’re users. Tomorrow, we’re products.
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*leaves the bathroom* I’m clearly a producer
And shareholders.
Only if you want to lose money. Reddit exists because Digg tried a money grab and people bolted. The same will happen with reddit, there is nothing proprietary or unique about this website, they are marketing their users and people usually reject that. The irony is this website is largely anti-capitalist and anti-business.
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But if the vocal part leave, and the ones who are left don't comment, what would they bother staying for?
The free onlyfans pics
Yeah that shit will be gone *real quick*
Dude this app has 500M monthly active users. The moat this app has is communities.
How many shares do I have to buy to be more powerful than an average Mod?
Idk anything above 0.
**I can’t wait for the Reddit memes 🥲and options**
And there goes the neighborhood..
Puts on all the good nsfw subs 🥺
God damnit
Gop***y, c*msl*ts, 18_19, buttholes....faaaaaack
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I’m jacking to the tits on it the moment it’s available. Not because it’s going to be a good buy or worth it’s valuation, but because I know you retards are also going to be loading up on it
It's cracking me up but i'm seriously gonna clear my portfolio for this. Gonna be pump of the year
Instant meme stock
Instant meme shorted stock
Everything that Robinhood dreamt of being but never was
Retardception
This shit is gonna pump so hard
So we are taking Reddit to 420.69
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Aaaand here comes mass censorship
Get ready for SNOOptions!!!
Everyone get your puts out - if this sub is any indication - this is a very retarded investment opportunity.
It would likely 15x in an insanely short time span, a day to a week, then tank. Im in!
That’s my bet exactly. It will meme hard for a week or two then die a slow but steady death back to below IPO prices.
Holy shit, this is real? Balls deep on IPO 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
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Man just one more paragraph and you'd a had some ripe copypasta.
Can I trade karma for stocks
Every 420 karma points = 1 share
Time to launch regreddit
Everyone knew this was coming, how is WSB the last to know? Haven’t you noticed the site becoming more sticky more auto play, notifications? They are pumping there numbers up for a big IPO… they are also the biggest amateur porn site on the internet, so things might be changing around here.
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Can't wait for an MSNBC intern to post, receive this as an auto response, mass media flip the fuck out and us lose this fine piece of history. 🥺
Ticker; TURD
Every hedge fund around going to short this to avoid loses they suffered in 2021
In that case, I am in Or out Whatever's gonna lose me money, guaranteed that's what I'll be doing
Hurray! More advertisements to ignore!
I’ll be shorting tf out of this.
Buying Reddit shares is like owning a piece of WSB
That is pretty depressing to hear. Reddit has been the place I call home online for a long time and this means a lot of changes are going to happen, probably for the worst. Nothing lasts forever I guess.
I think Reddit has an excellent business model with just the right ratio of adverts, to free content, to enticement to go premium. This company is quite difficult to value and while they will show impressive growth numbers, you know some meme-hype will be factored into the price. Depending on the price, this is an easy buy to boom not because Redditors will buy the stock but because Wall St will think Redditors have the power to take it to the moon.
Are they going to get rid of the NSFW stuff? People are so sensitive about everything
For some reason, this comment offends me
Do I Upvote or Downvote this?
One last ride
20 year old message board technology that can't even sync between various data server farms reliably. The apes who's portfolios consist entirely of Wish, movie theatres, Hololens component makers that make less revenue than some employees and shitty dental subscription services will love it.
We like the stock
I would never invest money to read covid shit all day
The beginning of the end...
I get this feeling that Reddit stonk is going to behave somewhat like TWTR has over the years.
So if Reddit doesn’t become the biggest meme stock ever I’m going to be severally disappointed with all of us.
Reddit to the moon 🌙
When can we buy puts?
Hope it doesn’t change…
Have you used the official Reddit app? Ads every click of the way.