So this was 10 years ago, lol. How the tables have turned
Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1onx27/comment/cctw6ea
You must log in or register to comment.
They used to display a bar in the top right of the screen that was “percentage of daily server costs that are covered by Reddit Gold purchases today” and I remember them always hitting the goal. What other costs (besides staff) were they losing so much money on?
It’s not enough to cover all expenses and maybe a bit extra for growth forever. You must extract all possible value and give it to the shareholders. If the business doesn’t suffer over time then you didn’t extract hard enough and are depriving the poor shareholders. Concentrate the wealth. Suck it dry. Go until nothing is left and move on to the next one. Numbers must always go up.
Crazy to think that reddit gold has been around for ten years
And yet they didn’t manage to turn a profit…
I don’t think they ever expected to get IPO status. That’s the only reason why they’re moving forward with this new API policy.
My understanding is that the recent interest rate hikes are causing the VC purse strings to tighten. Pretty sure Reddit is being told to start turning a profit or be cut off from their funding.
Guessing they realized how hard it is to keep tracks of bots that fake clicks on ads, can’t think of another reason they didn’t do it back then.
The cycle of tech life and death continues… How innocent we were then.
Wow I actually completely forgot about the original official reddit app. I remember the only reason I switched to Bacon Reader in the first place was because they stopped supporting it, then eventually switched to Relay.
Shu also tells me that RIF was paying a “sizable revenue share” to Reddit beginning in 2012, which was during Yishan Wong’s tenure as CEO. Shu says he says initiated the talks with Reddit to create the agreement, which allowed for the licensed use of Reddit’s trademarks. (At the time, the app was called “reddit is fun.”) Shu says Reddit terminated the agreement in 2016 — which was the year after Huffman took over as CEO.
It’s a shame that Reddit’s greed has even prevented them from considering reasonable options like revenue sharing.
Does anybody else remember when they were really pissed off at the old CEO and people rejoiced when u/spez replaced her?
They should go non profit. Sure there are memes and stuff. But I’d be willing to bet the main reason people use the site is for hobbies and asking questions.
If reddit crashes, no one is gonna give a fuck about the lost memes. We will care about not getting an answer to a question that can’t be found on Wikipedia or a manufacturers site.
If they did a banner like Wikipedia and just asked for donations to keep the servers up. I’d pay. Plus, they are literally using volunteers (mods) to run the site. Reddit is already set up to be a non-profit.
