Reddit was down for over two hours

Re:Reddit was down for over two hours by Beefin on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @09:57PM (#21012498)

500 employees is still alot. Especially given the technology ecosystem that exists for leverage.

The revenue piece is an interesting one because i was an early adopter and remember the revenue struggle. Gold/silver doesn't cut it because it relies on generosity.

FB/Twitter are an ads business. Is that really not too lucrative of a field for reddit?

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Re:Reddit was down for over two hours by mullsork on Thursday September 19, 2019 @02:53AM (#21013930)

There are ads on Reddit already. I only ever use their website with an, but I get ads on the iOS app.

I've been seeing a significant rise in the usage of gold/silver/platinum lately, used heavily for banter on r/soccer (and for rewarding quality content as well.)

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Re:Reddit was down for over two hours by ryanmercer on Thursday September 19, 2019 @08:36AM (#21015552)

>I've been seeing a significant rise in the usage of gold/silver/platinum lately, used heavily for banter on r/soccer (and for rewarding quality content as well.)

Same, but it's because they changed the way gold works. If you have a subscription, for stuff like removing ads and what not, you get coins every month which then allows me to give out several silvers every month or let them pile up to give out a week of gold here and there. I doubt there has been a significant rise in people paying and is likely largely the new coin system.

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Re:Reddit was down for over two hours by ERD0L on Thursday September 19, 2019 @06:55AM (#21015058)

ads on iOS ? Do yourself a favor and install Apollo like every sane person

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