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Re:Google Search Is Dying by samstave on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @12:23PM (#30349524)
Any idea what reddit's valuation is currently looking like?

I have long been surprised they havent been acquired .. I assume for sure they have had plenty of offerss in the past

Re:Google Search Is Dying by mardifoufs on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @01:47PM (#30350876)
They have filed for an IPO last month with the SEC so they should go public very soon.

Last valuation was at 10b$ which is ridiculous for a website that can literally get its most popular subreddits shutdown arbitrarily whenever a small group of extremely online volunteer mods decide to "go on strike" by locking the subs because they don't like something/someone else on the website.

It happened before and the admins yielded to them so I don't see why it wouldn't happen again, especially since it's not like they can run the website without that weird cabal of (mostly delusional/psychotic) power mods doing their work for free.

Re:Google Search Is Dying by samstave on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @02:13PM (#30351242)
>>is ridiculous for a website that can literally get its most popular subreddits shutdown arbitrarily whenever a small group of extremely online volunteer mods decide to "go on strike" by locking the subs because they don't like something/someone else on the website

I have a story about this - and its worse than just mods -- Admins intervene and set narrative on for whom is allowed to mod and make mod decisions...

I wont reveal the details - but I have seen Admins literally come in and fuck up Mod orders because (my suspicion) is that the Admins have MANY accounts that /appear/ as mods - but are actually Admin shill accounts...

I had this happen to me first hand and I was appalled.

Reddit's ethics are absolute garbage in this regard.

Re:Google Search Is Dying by Lascaille on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @02:13PM (#30351233)
I've also thought that. The reddit shutdown made the frontpage of (reputable) news sources, I can't imagine that investors aren't going to be asking the admins how much control they really have over the user experience on any given day.
Re:Google Search Is Dying by technothrasher on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @12:33PM (#30349707)
They were acquired by Condé Nast in 2006.
Re:Google Search Is Dying by samstave on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @12:48PM (#30349978)
Oh, forgot about that... Thanks

Are they still under them?

regardless, what is reddit's current value? (I've been on reddit for 15 years - but I have recently deleted my accounts due to censorship and ban-hammering for the most ridiculous reasons.)

Re:Google Search Is Dying by samstave on Thursday February 17, 2022 @01:27AM (#30370131)
AHHHHH... i figured it out...