I think the Reddit execs see other aggregators just ripping off things that were popular on Reddit[0] and thinking that they are missing out on a potential reve

I think the Reddit execs see other aggregators just ripping off things that were popular on Reddit[0] and thinking that they are missing out on a potential revenue source. Their user base seems to really dislike this move[1], but it seems to be more of an expansion to get users that don't normally use Reddit. I imagine users of Upvoted will be people that would normally use Buzzfeed or 9gag, probably largely disjoint from the actual Reddit community. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditSimMeta/comments/3fnkni/9gag_is_automatically_copying_some_of_the_most/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditSimMeta/comments/3fnkni/9g... [1] 45% upvoted at time of posting: https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/3npxm4/introducing_upvoted_a_redditorial_publication/ https://www.reddit.com/r/blog/comments/3npxm4/introducing_up...