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Reddit, Home to WallStreetBets, Files to Go Public
Barrons.com ^ | 12/16/2021 | Joe Woelfel

Posted on 12/16/2021 5:54:30 AM PST by wastedyears

https://www.barrons.com/articles/reddit-initial-public-offering-ipo-news-51639645252?siteid=yhoof2&tesla=y

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The only good things on reddit are the main financial subreddits that people are on: WallStreetBets, GME, and Superstonk. There's professional-level research; lots about hedge funds and the illegal things they do.
1 posted on 12/16/2021 5:54:30 AM PST by wastedyears
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To: wastedyears

I like Reddit…but this signals the end of its “Wild West” aspects. Some parts are not super woke. Going public will stifle that.


2 posted on 12/16/2021 6:00:06 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: wastedyears

A year ago would have made more sense. This is not a good bet.


3 posted on 12/16/2021 6:01:29 AM PST by montag813
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To: wastedyears

Will members be offered stock from IPO?


4 posted on 12/16/2021 6:02:53 AM PST by Raycpa
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Big Tech took over the internet and ruined it. Reddit will have the same fate.


5 posted on 12/16/2021 6:08:52 AM PST by RBW in PA
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To: Vermont Lt

Yep. Another corner of relatively free thought, information exchange, and expression certain to get scrubbed.


6 posted on 12/16/2021 6:09:02 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

The phrase that popped into my head after my post was “Disney-ification.”


7 posted on 12/16/2021 6:31:09 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt

Apt characterization.


8 posted on 12/16/2021 7:07:48 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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