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The thing you are missing is that Reddit is not (sufficiently) profitable. :)

kingofheroes 3y ago
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Dylan16807 3y ago
Reddit is pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars and that number has been rapidly increasing. They would have easily reached profitability without doing this.
- munk-a 3y ago
  Yes but would they reach the 30% YoY growth in perpetuity we consider mandatory in the modern economy? Fast may seem good but it's actually slow when compared to the fastest horses. Every company must be a unicorn, so sayeth the investors.
  - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    > would they reach the 30% YoY growth in perpetuity we consider mandatory in the modern economy Straw man. If you tell investors you'll grow at 30% YoY for the foreseeable future, and raise money on that premise, you can't turn around after failing to deliver and blame "the modern economy." Plenty of businesses–most of our economy–run on low-growth or steady-state business models.
    - tivert 3y ago
      >> would they reach the 30% YoY growth in perpetuity we consider mandatory in the modern economy > Straw man. If you tell investors you'll grow at 30% YoY for the foreseeable future, and raise money on that premise, you can't turn around after failing to deliver and blame "the modern economy." Plenty of businesses–most of our economy–run on low-growth or steady-state business models. Not exactly. The rest of the economy may run on "low-growth or steady-state business models," but the VC investors that control funding for technology businesses demand "30% YoY growth in perpetuity." It's a cultural problem.
      - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
        > the VC investors that control funding for technology businesses Reddit was held by a media company, Condé Naste. It chose to raise growth equity from VCs, among others. In summary,
  - heyoni 3y ago
    The whole world needs to slow down and take a breath.
Aaargh20318 3y ago
It would probably be profitable if they didn’t employ 2000 people to run what is in essence a large but relatively basic forum system.
- ryathal 3y ago
  It's still not an absurdly profitable venture even if you drop head count to 300-500 which is likely a reasonable number. A lot of people could have good careers in that smaller reddit, but it's not a multi-billion dollar unicorn.
  - Aaargh20318 3y ago
    That still seems high for what Reddit is. I would have expected them to have 50-100 employees at most.

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Reddit is pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars and that number has been rapidly increasing. They would have easily reached profitability without doing this.

munk-a 3y ago
Yes but would they reach the 30% YoY growth in perpetuity we consider mandatory in the modern economy? Fast may seem good but it's actually slow when compared to the fastest horses. Every company must be a unicorn, so sayeth the investors.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago
  > would they reach the 30% YoY growth in perpetuity we consider mandatory in the modern economy Straw man. If you tell investors you'll grow at 30% YoY for the foreseeable future, and raise money on that premise, you can't turn around after failing to deliver and blame "the modern economy." Plenty of businesses–most of our economy–run on low-growth or steady-state business models.
  - tivert 3y ago
    >> would they reach the 30% YoY growth in perpetuity we consider mandatory in the modern economy > Straw man. If you tell investors you'll grow at 30% YoY for the foreseeable future, and raise money on that premise, you can't turn around after failing to deliver and blame "the modern economy." Plenty of businesses–most of our economy–run on low-growth or steady-state business models. Not exactly. The rest of the economy may run on "low-growth or steady-state business models," but the VC investors that control funding for technology businesses demand "30% YoY growth in perpetuity." It's a cultural problem.
    - JumpCrisscross 3y ago
      > the VC investors that control funding for technology businesses Reddit was held by a media company, Condé Naste. It chose to raise growth equity from VCs, among others. In summary,
- heyoni 3y ago
  The whole world needs to slow down and take a breath.

Aaargh20318 3y ago

It would probably be profitable if they didn’t employ 2000 people to run what is in essence a large but relatively basic forum system.

ryathal 3y ago
It's still not an absurdly profitable venture even if you drop head count to 300-500 which is likely a reasonable number. A lot of people could have good careers in that smaller reddit, but it's not a multi-billion dollar unicorn.
- Aaargh20318 3y ago
  That still seems high for what Reddit is. I would have expected them to have 50-100 employees at most.