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Reddit just turned a profit for the first time. As part of its third quarter earnings results released on Tuesday, the company reported a profit of $29.9 million, along with $348.4 million in revenue — a 68 percent increase year over year.

The company hasn’t been profitable at any point in its nearly 20-year history. Since going public, Reddit lost $575 million during its first quarter on the market, but it decreased that loss to $10 million last quarter and is now finally in the black.

Reddit’s advertising revenue grew to $315.1 million, while “other” revenue reached $33.2 million on account of “data licensing agreements signed earlier this year.” Both Google and OpenAI have cut deals with Reddit to train their AI models on its posts.

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[-] peeonyou@hexbear.net 33 points 7 hours ago

if google and openai are training bots on that shithole.. oh man we're in for a world of hurt where you can't tell whether someone is a lib or just a bot anymore

[-] AmericaDelendaEst@hexbear.net 15 points 4 hours ago

you can't tell whether someone is a lib or just a bot anymore

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[-] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 21 points 6 hours ago

It's already insufferable when a smug liberal accuses anyone they disagree with of being a bot and it's going to get worse.

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