Finally found a decent analysis of why Reddit should care very much about the blackout. Reddit CEO forgot how much money those pesky tire party apps saved him in free labor by mods and redditors. Time to go somewhere no one is looking just for his own pockets.

  • Forkk@forkk.me
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    1 year ago

    He said it himself. Reddit isn’t profitable. If the VC funding dries up, the company is done. Just goes to show the importance of finding an alternative way of funding the operating costs of online communities. Maybe we’ve got a good one here.

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      1 year ago

      How does it actually work? Does the instance owner pay for the hosting or is it funded by donations?