Reddit raises $410M in new funding • Hacker News Board

Re: Reddit raises $410M in new funding

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Post by mdoms » Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 1:56 AM UTC

Blikkentrekker wrote: post #306

buu700 wrote: post #275

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Do you have any source of this? Not offhand, but I've heard of users getting temporary suspensions for using the word, although I don't believe there's an automated rule site-wide. It's also completely useless Not entirely. Sure, if you're a dedicated attacker trying to tell a specific target to kill themselves, there's not much I can do about it; you'll acquire an aged account with decent karma and find a way to do…

> Not offhand, but I've heard of users getting temporary suspensions for using the word, although I don't believe there's an automated rule site-wide. Merely for using the word? this seems like a myth to me. Various subreddits would obviously ban for it if used as a direct insult, but banning any use of it side-wide seems unlikely. > If you're just a regular person going about your day and say something stupid, an au…

I have a personal friend whose account was permanently banned (from reddit, not a particular sub) for using the word "retard".

Re: Reddit raises $410M in new funding

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Post by koolba » Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 1:56 AM UTC

Clewza313 wrote: post #335

tech_tuna wrote: post #327

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Hiring, they are on a hiring tear.

But that's precisely the question: why are they hiring?

So they can raise more VC. Seriously, what part of this don’t you understand?

Re: Reddit raises $410M in new funding

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Post by gogopuppygogo » Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 1:57 AM UTC

Clewza313 wrote: post #335

tech_tuna wrote: post #327

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Hiring, they are on a hiring tear.

But that's precisely the question: why are they hiring?

To lose money gaining market share so they can eventually sell ads to those eyeballs.

I still use old Reddit. If they get rid of old Reddit I’ll never go back.

I wish Kevin Rose had managed to keep Digg a competitor.

Re: Reddit raises $410M in new funding

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Post by awad » Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 2:08 AM UTC

For as popular as Reddit is traffic wise, it's weirdly not a big player in monetization internally or as a platform. That is, Reddit themselves aren't monetizing much compared to their traffic and peers (who are some of the biggest publishers in the world) but also there are not many, if any, third parties openly monetizing off of Reddit, either.

Google, Facebook, Twitter have an entire ecosystem built around them of ad-tech companies, agencies, marketing-tech integrations all involved in driving more revenue or traffic their way so long as the participants get a cut too. This strikes me as a still yet-to-be-tapped market opportunity.

Re: Reddit raises $410M in new funding

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Post by toomim » Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 2:10 AM UTC

ramraj07 wrote: post #333

1024core wrote: post #312

Reddit is on its way down. It's been overrun by power-tripping mods, and there's no way to appeal a perma-ban ! I've been banned from /r/india for just commenting on another sub (/r/chodi, which was recommended by the app itself!); banned from /r/worldnews for disagreeing with the herd. The moment a decent, democratic discussion forum comes along, I'll jump ship to it.

Chodi is like the Indian version of TheDonald so no wonder. Not that /r/India is neutral either. Stop going to politics subs and you’ll be fine?

The same thing happens on technology subs. I was banned on /r/bitcoin for posting on /r/btc.

Re: Reddit raises $410M in new funding

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Post by litage » Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 2:12 AM UTC

imnotreallynew wrote: post #202

Something that hasn’t been brought up in this thread is the massive problem Reddit has regarding large scale bot networks. Reddit allows for unlimited account creation and has extremely poor, if any, detection algorithms. Additionally, its trivial to stream and analyze the entirety of Reddit comments and posts in real time (check out PRAW if you like Python). Networks pushing COVID narratives and crypto frauds are pr…

> Something that hasn’t been brought up in this thread is the massive problem Reddit has regarding large scale bot networks.

Well rest assured, Reddit administration does not see this as a problem at all. It's one of the ways marketing companies advertise on Reddit. There's a reason the moderators of /r/all subreddits tend to all moderate the same group of subreddits, and that they all often have super human posting frequencies. These are shared accounts for ad firms. This was discussed on HN before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23173018

Re: Reddit raises $410M in new funding

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Post by josephcsible » Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 2:13 AM UTC

uDontKnowMe wrote: post #328

1024core wrote: post #312

Reddit is on its way down. It's been overrun by power-tripping mods, and there's no way to appeal a perma-ban ! I've been banned from /r/india for just commenting on another sub (/r/chodi, which was recommended by the app itself!); banned from /r/worldnews for disagreeing with the herd. The moment a decent, democratic discussion forum comes along, I'll jump ship to it.

What do you mean by democratic? Are you thinking of some kind of election system to replace mods, and if so have you seen such a mechanism work anywhere else on forums?

Stack Exchange isn't quite a forum, but doesn't its system fit that description and work well?

Re: Reddit raises $410M in new funding

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Post by RosanaAnaDana » Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 2:13 AM UTC

gogopuppygogo wrote: post #343

Clewza313 wrote: post #335

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But that's precisely the question: why are they hiring?

To lose money gaining market share so they can eventually sell ads to those eyeballs. I still use old Reddit. If they get rid of old Reddit I’ll never go back. I wish Kevin Rose had managed to keep Digg a competitor.

I think this is hilarious because reddit is so obviously dead on the vine to me. I can't wait for reddit to give me even the remotest reason to delete my account. ngl, been pretty close to deleted it since they hid the nsfw, was practically the only thing of value the site had left.

Re: Reddit raises $410M in new funding

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Post by josephcsible » Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 2:14 AM UTC

xfitm3 wrote: post #206

pageandrew wrote: post #117

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I've been permanently banned from almost all of the top COVID related subs for daring to discuss disallowed topics, like the Wuhan lab, as well as expressing anti-lockdown sentiments. My appeals have been instantly denied as well. I understand the idea that subreddits are user-run communities and should be able to self-moderate, but there are a couple problems with this: 1. Reddit claims to be the "front page of the…

Reddit was a bastion of free speech but it's suffered a steep decline in quality and content. It's a toxic place with heavy handed dark UI patterns: they've lost their minds over there.

> Reddit was a bastion of free speech

Big emphasis on "was".

Re: Reddit raises $410M in new funding

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Aug 13, 2021, 2:15 AM UTC

ramraj07 wrote: post #333

1024core wrote: post #312

Reddit is on its way down. It's been overrun by power-tripping mods, and there's no way to appeal a perma-ban ! I've been banned from /r/india for just commenting on another sub (/r/chodi, which was recommended by the app itself!); banned from /r/worldnews for disagreeing with the herd. The moment a decent, democratic discussion forum comes along, I'll jump ship to it.

Chodi is like the Indian version of TheDonald so no wonder. Not that /r/India is neutral either. Stop going to politics subs and you’ll be fine?

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