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Reddit risks losing its identity in pursuit of profits (www.techzine.eu)
submitted 2 years ago by L4s to c/technology
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Reddit isn't profitable, despite having more than 50 million daily active users. In preparation for an IPO, CEO Steve Huffman put the platform's API

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[–] xe3 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think it hasn’t ‘happened’ or ‘not happened’, I think it began losing its way and losing its identity years ago, but I think what we have seen recently is a big acceleration of that process, and for many the straw that broke the camels back was the recent changes and toxic behavior of the ceo and pr team

I agree that saying ‘risks losing its identity’ makes it sound like it is hypothetical and in the future which is not accurate.

[–] Ddhuud 1 points 2 years ago

I figure they're trying to say they risk losing their user base, of which they only lost about 3%. But yeah it's identity began to transition to it's lesser form of today when they launched the official app, back in 2016.