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Reddit reported better-than-expected profit and revenue in its first-quarter earnings report on Thursday, and also issued an optimistic forecast. The stock jumped over 9% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did compared with LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: $1.01 vs. 58 cents expected Revenue: $663 million vs. $611 million expected Revenue jumped 69% in …
This is not a simple “bull vs bear” earnings setup It is a fight between clean-looking unit economics and fragile distribution control The bull case is built on a very tight story Fast margin expansionHigh gross profitabilityRising ARPUStrong cash positionBuyback authorization On paper, it looks like a business that has already “solved” monetization But that …
via run_midnight I started writing this post with a simple question, can RDDT hit a $1 T market cap by 2030? Yesterday, I ended up posting a copy of this with incorrect data. I had to repost to correct the problem, so I apologize. This post will examine RDDT’s revenue growth rate, expense growth rate, …
The Trump administration has stepped up an effort to unmask a Reddit user who criticized Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). After failing to obtain information through a summons issued to Reddit, the government reportedly issued a subpoena demanding that Reddit provide the information and appear before a grand jury in Washington, DC. “J. Doe is …
Reddit’s AI ID age verification might affect the whole website. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman recently said that he is considering having “face ID” to ensure humanity to combat AI bots on the platform. Reddit may soon require AI facial scans and age checks just to use the website. Let me know what you guys think …
A major Reddit scandal is blowing up. A moderator tied to some of the platform’s largest trans subreddits was exposed as a convicted child sex offender. But here’s the part that’s really raising eyebrows… Users claim other moderators knew. And instead of removing him, they… — Revolver News (@RevolverNewsUSA) March 17, 2026
Aaron Swartz reddit Co-founder rabbit hole & epstein file connection. byu/AtmosphereIll7762 inTikTokCringe Multiple comments from the Original post: Summary: Joi Ito has been mentioned over 8000 times in the Epstein Files In 2017, over Signal app, Joi Ito wrote to Epstein about an article on Aaron, claiming that he tried to expose Elite Child Rape …
Whats even crazier is these bots are set up to purposefully make grammar mistakes in order to sound more human. h/t Strong_Letterhead638
JUST IN – UK fines Reddit £14M for “failing to keep children safe,” including not checking the age of users accessing its platform — Sky — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 24, 2026 Reddit has been fined more than £14m by the Information Commissioner’s Office for failing to keep children safe. It is the largest fine ever …
“AI DEFENDING THE STATUS QUO! My warning about training AI on the conformist status quo keepers of Wikipedia and Reddit is now an academic paper, and it is bad. — Exposed: Deep Structural Flaws in Large Language Models: The Discovery of the False-Correction Loop and the Systemic Suppression of Novel Thought A stunning preprint appeared …
Reddit Announces Third Quarter 2025 Results Daily Active Uniques (“DAUq”) increased 19% year-over-year to 116.0 million Revenue grew 68% year-over-year to $585 million Gross margin expanded year-over-year to 91.0% Net income of $163 million, 28% of revenue. Diluted EPS of $0.80 Adjusted EBITDA1 of $236 million, 40% of revenue Operating cash flow of $185 million Fully …
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/reddit-stock-falls-for-second-day-as-references-to-its-content-in-chatgpt-responses-plummet-135203534.html Reddit (RDDT) stock fell roughly 12% Wednesday, extending a decline from the previous trading session amid new data that showed the use of its content in leading AI chatbot ChatGPT had plummeted in mid-September. Reddit content was cited in just 2% of ChatGPT responses on Tuesday, much lower than the 9.7% of ChatGPT responses …
Elon Musk just made Tesla’s shareholder vote the most public spectacle in history and everyone’s watching. Spending millions on X ads to push a $1 trillion compensation package sounds outrageous, but it’s really a signal of the stakes he sees in the future of robotics and AI. He’s not chasing money for himself, he’s trying …
Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) invited the Chief Executive Officers of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit to testify at a full committee hearing on October 8, 2025. The hearing will examine the radicalization of online forum users, including instances of open incitement to commit politically motivated acts. “The politically …
Reddit is tearing apart the foundation of its communities in the name of control. By stripping subscriber counts and replacing them with manipulated traffic metrics, the platform removes one of the last transparent signals of real influence. Forcing out moderators who resist central directives will not just silence dissent, it will concentrate power into fewer …
Reddit threads like r/stopsmoking and r/IsraelCrimes are now blocked in the UK. Spotify, dating apps, even Discord face sweeping age checks. “The rollout of the Online Safety Act has shown just how disastrous this type of regulation can be,” said Mike Stabile of the Free Speech Coalition. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/porn-censorship-is-going-to-destroy-the-entire-internet/ar-AA1KJLaS In the U.S., 24 states already demand …
Reddit just pulled the plug on the Internet Archive. As of August 11, 2025, the Wayback Machine can only save a frozen screenshot of Reddit’s front page, everything else is off limits. “Only screenshots of the Reddit homepage will be archived… no posts, profiles, or comments.” https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/reddit-blocks-internet-archive-to-end-sneaky-ai-scraping/ This isn’t about bandwidth, it’s about control. Reddit …
Reddit now lets users hide their post and comment history. The change was framed as a privacy upgrade. “Reddit on Tuesday announced a new feature that will offer its users more privacy when it comes to what’s shared on their user profiles.” https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/03/reddit-now-lets-you-hide-content-like-posts-and-comments-from-your-user-profile/ But the rollout timing and feature design suggest something else. The new …
Reddit is set to join the Russell 3000 Index on June 27, 2025, marking a significant milestone for the company. The move will also place Reddit into either the Russell 2000 or Russell 1000 Index, depending on its market capitalization ranking. This inclusion signals growing institutional recognition of Reddit’s financial position and influence in the …
JUST IN 🚨: Greed returns to the Stock Market for the first time this year – YESSSSSSSSS!!! 🥳🍾🤑🫂 pic.twitter.com/MWUTW1fPH0 — Barchart (@Barchart) May 5, 2025 Reddit goes all in on $PLTR holding $2,700,000 worth through earning Says today’s earning will be a nuclear event pic.twitter.com/6EXtFSCvIs — John Trades MBA (@JPATrades) May 5, 2025 And people …
Source: https://backlinko.com/reddit-users Assuming this is true, what is your guess about how many of these 400 million users are real people? h/t DerpyMistake
https://twitter.com/JR_Newswire/status/1887654625383256380 North Salt Lake, Utah – An unhinged Reddit user who regularly calls for the gunshot murder of Elon Musk, President Donald Trump, and other so-called “nazis” has been identified as an IT administrator for a local middle school. https://justicereport.substack.com/p/bloodthirsty-redditor-calls-for-assassination It’s sickening how normalized this kind of rhetoric has become. You’ve got people openly calling …
Checks out https://t.co/cDCK2IBkaL — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2025
Where were the amplified automod tools and crisis management mode when reddit was full of people posting personal information of healthcare CEOs last month? Or when reddit got flooded with unfounded election conspiracy theories for the past two months? h/t King_in_a_castle_84
Credit to the man with the tinfoil hat @samtripoli for dropping this gem into my feed. https://t.co/P1IUp5ZAc6 — Ian Carroll (@IanCarrollShow) December 13, 2024
by Prcrstntr The United States Government helps fund censorship on reddit through The University of Michigan Center for Social Media Responsibility (CSMR) https://appealmod.com/ NSF grant: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1928434&HistoricalAwards=false Funds Obligated to Date FY 2019 = $347,685.00 FY 2023 = $69,354.00 Research paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.07163 Abstract: Around the world, users of social media platforms generate millions of comments, videos, and …
Reddit overtakes X in popularity of social media platforms in UK $RDDT https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/nov/28/reddit-overtakes-x-in-popularity-of-social-media-platforms-in-uk Reddit, the American online discussion platform, has overtaken X to become the fifth most popular social media platform in the UK, according to the communications watchdog. Ofcom said Reddit, where users post on discussion threads within topic-based communities, was visited by 22.9 …
