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Re:The Growth of Reddit by crovalin17 on Monday October 29, 2018 @05:34PM (#18331735)
> Bold prediction: FB will try to acquire Reddit soon

This would be bad on so many levels.

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Re:The Growth of Reddit by mbesto on Monday October 29, 2018 @06:00PM (#18331948)
Not for their investors who put in $200m and want a return.

I use Reddit daily, but it's days are numbered. Having Facebook acquire them I think is it's only saving grace. I use the word "it" deliberately, because Reddit is now in the hands of its VCs.

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Re:The Growth of Reddit by wild_preference on Monday October 29, 2018 @07:11PM (#18332505)
> and want a return

Then it would be bad for them, too.

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Re:The Growth of Reddit by mbesto on Monday October 29, 2018 @11:17PM (#18333781)
WhatsApp was an incredible success for its investors. Not so much for its acquirer. Look hard enough and you'll find M&A doesn't always pan out as expected, even at the $1B value range.
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Re:The Growth of Reddit by brokenmachine on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @11:21PM (#18351224)
They would get their return as the exodus begins.
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Re:The Growth of Reddit by Angostura on Monday October 29, 2018 @08:16PM (#18332902)
> Having Facebook acquire them I think would be it's coup de grace

Fixed that.

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