Offering IPO shares to moderators smells like an attempt at a fully crowdsourced pump and dump scheme. Subreddits have been shown to have extraordinary power t

Offering IPO shares to moderators smells like an attempt at a fully crowdsourced pump and dump scheme. Subreddits have been shown to have extraordinary power to influence stock prices, and offering the moderators IPO shares is giving them a financial incentive to try to make that happen.