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[–] bandanawearingbanana@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Why the hell is Reddit publicly traded? Like what is the product even?

[–] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Well the product was the users, but since it’s mostly bot traffic now I’m not really sure ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] EnchiladaRaisins@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Everybody now! "If the service is free to you, then you are the product!"

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

they went public 1-2 years ago, spez wanted to be "richer" so he sold off some shares,which made him richer.

The same could be said for newspapers.