Reddit has never turned a profit in nearly 20 years, but filed to go public anyway::Reddit, the message board site known for its chronically online userbase and for originating much internet discourse, filed for its long-anticipated initial public offering on Thursday.
Does it have shell companies that Reddit offloads its profit to…
Might be similar to twitter or news media, influence is worth more to its owners?
Data is valuable as well…
Top 10% own stock, so that can also be part of the stock games…
Unlikely. It’s in all likelihood just a bad business, like so many other VC-subsidised businesses that have come before them. Case in point: Uber, Airbnb, WeWork.
The whole game is to offer services at a loss for enough time to lock in customers, then raise the prices in the future.
Reddit has been a private company for its entire existence. There really isn’t a point in it making a profit, as long as the people running it are paying themselves.