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Reddit risks losing its identity in pursuit of profits (www.techzine.eu)

submitted 1 year 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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, going by the 90/9/1 rule, it's not unnatural if only 10% of users or less showed up to vote. Hell, if only 1% voted I won't be surprised either.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The subreddit I moderate has had a poll going for the last 2.5 days.

1390 members.
75 poll respondents (5% of members)
7 commenters (0.5% of members)

It's a disappointing turnout. Also, I'm one of those poll respondents and commenters. (If you remind me, I'll post a link to the poll once it closes in 8 hours.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I've had one going for 3 days now, 2k members, 160 votes and 7 comments. I was pretty surprised to see even 160 votes, its a vote for blocking a certain type of post that has been spammed recently and doesn't contribute much.