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Reddit’s IPO Filing Shows Lots Of Losses After Nearly 20 Years (www.forbes.com)
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[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's why I said given where they are now, how would it even be possible. What can they do outside of raise prices of reddit stickers or ad-free reddit.

[–] jettrscga@lemmy.world 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that's fair.

Merchandising is the only palatable idea I can think of.

More likely to happen:

  • Twitter's verified user subscription strategy

  • More ad posts with paid-priority (priority hidden from users)

  • Layoffs with AI as miracle cure

  • Selling user data for AI training (check)

  • Paid API access (check)

But it's really hard to ignore that its function isn't really designed for profit and it's wacky that we have to humor the idea.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 12 points 8 months ago

Ironically, if they charged moderators to be moderators, theyd probably pay for it. Some of those people were nuts.