Reddit’s cofounder said that at first the company felt like ‘a homework assignment that got out of hand’ rather than a business::Reddit’s cofounder Steve Huffman said in its early days he filled up most of the site with content using different accounts until it got more users.

  • tinkeringidiot@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    They need to make some money - infrastructure isn’t free, employees need paid, etc. they should be self sustaining.

    They don’t need to be 2009-Google profitable though. That pipe dream needs to end. 3-5% YoY growth is plenty.

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      9 months ago

      They want 100 million $ houses on beaches that’s why they are going after an IPO. The whole idea that they are not making money is laughable