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This proves that it doesn't have to have a negative effect on the page count to open source the code. Reddit source code: http://code.reddit.com/ http://code.re

• redthrowaway 16y ago
  It's probably been beneficial to them, given the number of people who've identified vulnerabilities in the code then responsibly disclosed them. Reddit's never had a serious security breach, which is doubt due in large part to no sensitive information being linked to accounts, but also because they've had quite a few people point out potential problems to them. There's a lot to be said for free code review.
• Joakal 16y ago
  Would it have benefited against spammers to release the full source code so gaming the system would be more difficult?