>What is Reddit's value Reputation. If Toyota and Kitchenaid started selling dead bloated racoons with their respective badges on them people would still be b

>What is Reddit's value Reputation. If Toyota and Kitchenaid started selling dead bloated racoons with their respective badges on them people would still be buying them 20yr from now because a bunch of people on Reddit (who already bought in based on prior Redditors' commentary) and don't want to feel like fools) told them to buy that brand. It's no different than any other company selling out its brand name. I fully agree that the userbase is just politness colored lipstick on the old 4chan pig (every "platform" where riff raff from one niche can easily show up and crap all over another niche has this problem) but that doesn't really impact their ability to make money as a business.