WIRED reviewed edits made by Reddit to its IPO paperwork over the years ahead of its stock market debut this week. Here are seven big takeaways.
  • jeffw@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    42·
    4 months ago

    But Huffman, who cofounded Reddit back in 2005, also boasted that Reddit is different because it is “free from the airbrushing and filters of social media” and criticized what he sees as over-the-top meddling in online discussion.

    lol

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    4 months ago

    When does it actually go public, anyway? I want to wait a week and pick some up after the inevitable crash

    Nvm, Google is my friend, trading starts Thursday

    • SuperDuper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      Just buy some puts early on. You do not want to pick up shares just to be stuck holding those bags for an indefinite period of time.

      • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        Well, yeah, but I didn’t think they opened up options right away on new stocks

  • Chaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    4 months ago

    Wild. I wonder how bad reddit will be in a few years. If you think it’s bad now, It’s not even publicly traded yet, and we’ve all seen how money grubbing being a publicly traded company can become. “Make line go up no matter what” 👀

    • Fisk400@feddit.nuEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      NSFW is going to get banned within a year or two. It would be irresponsible towards the share holders not to, because porn lowers advertising value.