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Reddit isn't profitable, despite having more than 50 million daily active users. In preparation for an IPO, CEO Steve Huffman put the platform's API

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[–] cyanarchy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (7 children)

My gut reaction is that a multimedia website the size of reddit must be a juggernaut of server and hosting expenses.

[–] DilipaEli@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Idk but in my opinion describing red*it as a juggernaut for hosting multimedia is a bit far fetched, since their own image / video hosting platform is pretty shit and most of the media content is actually hosted on other platforms.

[–] TheEllimist@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Reddit bought imgur though, didn't they? So that's part of their expenses.

[–] kien@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

When did reddit bought it? Wikipedia said owner is MediaLab AI, Inc.

[–] TheEllimist@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Ok, I wasn't sure, hence the question mark.

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