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		ayemiller on Feb 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reddit valued at $6B on a $250M round At some point, free Reddit is going to have to start to suck in order to make money. If they make premium Reddit simply behave the way that current free Reddit does and abandon the silly "awards-based" revenue model, I think they might stand a chance to turn a profit.

koolba on Feb 9, 2021 | [–]

Reddit has sucked for years and it doesn’t make money. How anyone can see this funding round as anything but a Ponzi scheme is baffling.

pid_0 on Feb 9, 2021 | [–]

>free Reddit is going to have to start to suck

What do you mean start?

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