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How is Reddit IPO'ing after they were bought by Conde Nast? I've never really looked into it. It's an interesting thing that they managed to get un-acquired so
by sillysaurusx 5y ago
How is Reddit IPO'ing after they were bought by Conde Nast?
I've never really looked into it. It's an interesting thing that they managed to get un-acquired somehow.
In fact, there are so many questions. Does YC get a payday out of this, or was their stock acquired during the acquisition? 2% of $5B is $100M, so it's a lot of money at stake.
- riffic 5y agothey were spun off a while ago https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/31/reddit-just-raised-a-new-round-that-values-the-company-at-1-8-billion/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/31/reddit-just-raised-a-new-r...
- shmatt 5y ago* keep the old.Reddit.com design for everyone * spend 9 figures for a redesign The choice was obvious
- stjohnswarts 5y agoI don't think a lot Gen Z don't like the old.reddit.com because it looks kind of old fashioned vs say react "modern" pages and they're afraid of lookign old-fashioned. However, that is what keeps me coming back along with relative anonymity and content on topics that I like.
- trophycase 5y agoinformation density is too low. Why would I spend 2.5x time scrolling through www.reddit.com/r/fantasyfootball when I can read all the important headlines faster at old.reddit.com ... the redesign also loads fewer posts at a time so you constantly wait for a spinner to fetch new content
- GhettoComputers 5y agoMobile apps solved that problem. The redesign made desktop problems.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoI only use my phone when I have to. If I'm within 20 feet of a computer w/ a monitor I'll go use that. I know it's old fashioned but it is what it is.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoDo you see yourself ever using a phone docked?
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- ya_throw 5y agoI have always felt that new Reddit's information-sparse and brightly-coloured looks attracted a certain type of emotionally under-developed and low-attention user.
- doublepg23 5y agoLate Zoomers I think you're correct, however my early Zoomer friends and I all use old reddit - we grew up with it after all.
- profmonocle 5y ago> The capital will be used to redesign Reddit’s famously cluttered homepage, co-founder and CEO Steve Huffman tells Recode. The company also plans to pour more resources into user-uploaded video. Wow, time has not been kind to this paragraph. The redesign is still hated by a large portion of the userbase and the Reddit video player is infamously unreliable. I'm curious what happened behind the scenes here.
- dagurp 5y agoAre they going to compete with YouTube?
- anshumankmr 5y agoCan anyone compete with YouTube? Facebook is probably closest to it in scale but it is not a video sharing platform.
- TameAntelope 5y agoI doubt the redesign matters to the vast majority of users, despite the vocal nature of the minority who dislike it.
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- DevKoala 5y agoOne of the best HN replies I've ever read was in this thread. I am so sad it was deleted.
- shrimpx 5y agoWhat did it say?
- DevKoala 5y ago> Reddit has been passed around more than a joint at a Grateful Dead concert.
- isatty 5y agoThat's excellent - wonder if there are any of those undelete websites for hn (same as ceddit.com).
- xtracto 5y agoCeddit was really good for r/askhistorians threads. You could read interesting takes on the questions that did not pass the mods snob filter. It hasn't worked for some time.
- shitlord 5y agoThere are alternatives, like reveddit. I think they all use the Pushshift API behinds the scenes.
- rhaksw 5y agoThat's correct. I'm the author of Reveddit. A few things like user pages and the desktop extension work entirely without Pushshift. Threads can function somewhat without it. I maintain a FAQ with details of how it works in case anyone's interested, https://www.reveddit.com/about/faq/ https://www.reveddit.com/about/faq/