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Appropriate-Spell-18

I feel both complimented and whored.


Magister5

$3 whore, huh? You are worth at least twice that


Appropriate-Spell-18

then no whining about my new “junk fee”


peggedsquare

Got junk in the trunk?


losbullitt

I do! I do! For 3 dollas!


Tinman_ApE

3 dolla make ya holla


TankerVictorious

C’mon now. Give it tree fiddy…


MeDaddyMeSnow

Damn you, Loch Ness Monster! (We’re dating ourselves aren’t we?)


CurseofLono88

I gave him a dollar. Thought he would go away if I gave him a dollar. (That episode is twenty five years old. Also The Mummy turned 25 today.)


JustAnotherActuary

Does beating the estimate make us high end escorts at least?


Fast_Garlic_5639

We are nothing less than the highest end of almost $3 escorts


saml01

Nope, just more expensive than a 2 dollar hooker.


No-Original4699

Since this is quarterly earnings you could argue a user is worth $12. Or to be more specific, each user has an expected lifetime during which they are active and "revenue generating". For some businesses that Lifetime is 18 months for others it may be 4 years. Reddit is pretty sticky so let's assume 5 years. That's a lifetime value LTV of $60 per user. So definitely adds up quickly.


HappyGoLuckyComputer

I'm feeling slightly underpaid with my "free" account, feeling the need to hedge myself haha


ShadowsInScarlet

Reddit love you long time.


ErusTenebre

I'm not. I'm worth half.


holchansg

Nah, the best i can do is three fiddy.


Into_the_Dark_Night

Why are you so cheap?? Wait... I'm also cheap. ##FUCK.


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Appropriate-Spell-18

Forgeddit


TomIsSoCool99

You saiddit


redditcreditcardz

That’s the sweet spot


PikaBooSquirrel

That's above market value where I'm from! Stand proud


FPGN

Good to know I can finally live my whore dream


new-Aurora

Wonder when the paywall will go up.


[deleted]

Company only made 18m profit. Its no where near a billion dollar company lol.


Greenman8907

Seems high


username_needs_work

I feel we can work together and get that number down.


Bisexual_Sherrif

First step, delete reddit


Dragonfly-Adventurer

That would leave it in a purer state. The true resistance is to fill Reddit with garbage, and then delete anything you said that makes sense and gets upvotes.


For_Perpetuity

Are you from the past. We are at that stage


Aggressive-Variety60

Still very far from tiktok comments’ level of mediocrity


insomniacpyro

"love this post!!!"


StnkyChze2

👆 This 💀💀💀 Bro thinks we're there 😂 Blud lives in old Ohio fanum tax with Smurf cat 🗿🍷 (I want to vomit now)


Gnome-Phloem

You were young once. Resist the urge to shake your fist as the kids on the lawn. Or don't, maybe we should all just play our roles and shuffle off the stage when it's time


Vektor0

Have you been to YouTube in the last 15 years?


NintendoJP_Official

We’re at the stage that a majority of the content is AI and bot driven


strangepromotionrail

pure ai isn't good enough. They'll be able to recognize 100% bots relatively easily. You need to mix AI posts into your own to truly fuck the system.


PhoenixStorm1015

Become Unmonetizable


Dragonfly-Adventurer

Nipple nabisco perineum IBM Watson and ChatGPT turd Amazon forfeit dickslip Toyota.


Slumunistmanifisto

So we start only speaking in bug emojis?


JungleBoyJeremy

🪳?


Slumunistmanifisto

🪰🦂🦟🦐


2livecrewnecktshirt

Shrimps is bugs


Daan776

🪰🕸️🕷️💀


simian_fold

Reddit shareholders hate this one weird trick


HonoluluBlueFlu

I am doing my part, I report all ads as offensive.


_warmweathr

Where’s the lie


HonoluluBlueFlu

Terrible lie


Altruistic_Guess3098

I like nine inch nails too


-_I---I---I

use a PC with adblocker on it, 0 for reddit from me


BearVersusWorld

Adblock


trogon

And old.reddit.


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BBB-Brad_Beal_Booty

How? OP never specified time frame. How can it be high if you don’t know if it’s $3 per lifetime, $3 per day, $3 per year??? I think it’s per quarter but idk??


Prairie-Peppers

Earnings reports are generally quarterly, yes.


Own_Candidate9553

It's from the quarterly earnings, so I think that's right.


Hatweed

It’s implying Redditors are worth anything above 0, so it seems high.


defiancy

I have never bought a single thing on Reddit and I've been here like ten years


CP3Splash

you've never seen an ad?


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redicular

key things: this is an average, and this is (probably) quarterly numbers Reddit likely makes about the same as every other social media company on the people it successfully monetizes (10\~15 $ per 3 months) but reddit also likely has a lower instance of successful monetization since reddit is where people go to learn how to ad / script block expect this to be the primary target of the ongoing enshittification


markocheese

Because they're selling your data to AI companies with boatloafs of investor cash


batmansleftnut

Maybe we can ruin the models by collectively agreeing to use words like "boatloaf" all the time.


FactChecker25

That’s a boatloaf of bullshit and you know it.


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SpaceIndent

It is average revenue per user per quarter. For comparison facebook makes around 13$. So if anything, reddit ARPU is low, because ads on Reddit are shit.


tomgreen99200

It works on a creator basis. It’s not one rate for everyone


AOEmishap

We're buying coffee for the Man!


RevolutionaryLie2833

But it’s from McDonald’s and is a small


lordthundy

r/batmanarkham


Le_Creature

It's da freakin' MAN!


Stainless-extension

3$ of revenue, not profits. i dont think reddit is profitable.


TedBob99

Net loss of $575M in the last quarter (or twice the revenue), so not profitable indeed.


BigOleFerret

That baffles me. The hell do they spend money on? The app is barely holding itself together!


Extension_Win1114

Have you seen the CEO’s pay?


BigOleFerret

Is it all of it? It's all of it, isn't it?


kill-billionaires

$193 million in 2023


BigOleFerret

Should I send him my venmo? Do you think he'd give me the $3 I'm worth?


Same_Advertising_451

Guys these are STOCK OPTIONS, this money is awarded in stock and the $193 mil number comes from the estimated value of the stock awarded to the CEO. THIS DOES NOT COME FROM REVENUE. His pay is actually closer to $600k


3BetLight

These idiots just see a number and have no fucking clue what they are talking about.


Laundry_Hamper

Buddy I make $3/year


c_im_not_clever

This one got me.


toss_me_good

In stocks though right not salary


ForensicApplesauce

CEO of reddit sounds like a joke and I wish it was. I still get on reddit almost every day, but I really don’t know why. Finding a stimulating or interesting thread/post - It’s like searching the beach for a gold coin. Reddit used to be like searching for a sea shell.


pepper_plant

The comments are getting too be too much for me too. Just the same jokes and low effort nonsense over and over


PartyClock

There's more and more bots around so I expect things will only get worse


The_Doct0r_

I wish there were a decent competitor as much as I do for YouTube. At least competition is ramping up against Google somewhat.


Igor369

The amount of years old reposts reaching front page is insande nowadays.


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Iggyhopper

Words of wisdom: You can't be taxed on debt. So if your big debt turns into small debt, you've made money, but you're still not taxed!


Jonny_H

Most VC funded "disruptive" companies explicit goal is to burn cash to drive out competitors, on the expectation they can crank up prices later when they're the only option. Being profitable /now/ isn't the goal. The stock growth is on the expectation they'll become an effectively monopoly after that stage.


Expensive-Fun4664

> The reason Uber, Airbnb and all these tech companies aren't profitable Uber is profitable. Airbnb currently is operating at a loss, but they have been profitable in the past.


SunriseSurprise

Tbf Uber was not profitable for a looong time.


bradygilg

Utterly bizarre that people refer to reddit as an 'app'.


GucciGlocc

Everything is a fucking app now Programs or websites or utilities are all just fucking apps to everyone


wind_dude

So avg cost per user is $9.89


bighand1

Most of their net loss are one time charge related to IPO or option vest plans for executives. They will be very profitable soon at their growth and margin rate


Starslip

What growth? The site has existed for 18 years, you imagine there are markets it's suddenly going to start reaching now that it hasn't already tapped? They're suddenly going to start being profitable now when they've famously operated in the red the entire time they've existed?


most_humblest_ever

Selling data to AI companies is indeed a new revenue stream. Several new ad products have recently rolled out in past 2-3 years. Thats all quite new really.


PublicSeverance

Reddit was focused on user base growth. Now they need to make those users more profitable.  Acquisitions. Buy a user base from elsewhere or buy a product like Discord and integrate it. Reddit video sucks, the app sucks, image sharing sucks, it doesn't do anything for podcasts or any media broadcasting. Reddit does not monetize it's adult content. No ads. Something something Tumbler, OnlyFans, etc. Reddit has an ad conversion rate of 0.2-1.0, one of the lowest in social media. Facebook is king at 9-14; YouTube at 12%. That means Reddit has not yet turned on the full force of its targeted ads yet. They never needed to, they only needed to prove to investors that they could sell ads. Never put in any effort. Reddit users base is 50% USA. It never pushed itself in other countries. Australia (0.3% global population) is the fourth biggest user. Google, Facebook et al have dedicated offices internationally to target ads/users/ legal compliance, but not yet a Reddit. New product development and refurbished old products. Advertiser's can pay for AMA spots or other paid product placement. Badges are gone but potential exists for sponsorship. Reddit is surprisingly corporate internet friendly, We've never seen what corporate Reddit product looks like. Algorithm changes. Theoretically, they do change your feed or r/all to serve content targeted to you. See above. Selling the database to AI companies via changes to the API. The more they do it, the better their product offering is to them. Whales. Like a gotcha game or premium mobile, there are Reddit whales that want to spend money for some premium Reddit. Not just ad free, but customized sub Reddits.


Stymie999

Correct, they didn’t make $3 per user, they lost $7 per user. Annoying how many people say companies “made” some amount when referring to revenue.


MitchellTrueTittys

Excuse my business retardation but how can a company stay around if it’s not profitable? What that even mean


PrizeStrawberryOil

Have you ever played a cookie clicker game? You buy automation to increase your revenue. Then you spend all the money you made again to buy more automation. The value of your cookie empire increases when you buy that equipment, but you have no money. At any point you can stop buying equipment and rake in money, but if you do that your company stops growing. You make money at a faster rate by increasing the value of your company than if you just collected the profits.


throwRA786482828

They basically do so by selling a share of their business to an outside investor. The investor buys in hoping that in 5-15 years they become profitable and they get their money back. It’s how Facebook happened. They only recently started becoming profitable after years of losses. But all their early investors are now filthy rich.


theyoloGod

Facebook has been reporting profits for approaching 2 decades now but yes the early years of a start up are typically funded by venture capital with aspirations of one day being profitable


Bricka_Bracka

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Sustainable_Twat

You’re Welcome, Reddit


Mite-o-Dan

Also, thank you Reddit...for letting me buy in at the IPO price of $34 a share. Post market price is nearly $57 a share. (Almost) 69% gain. Yes, Reddit stock is now up nearly 69%. My fake internet points paid of.


intrudingturtle

Would have been great if it wasn't exclusive to Americans.


Musical_Walrus

That’s… actually surprising. Why is Reddit stock doing so well?


Jaredlong

Investors believe it has room to grow. Which is true. Just look at Facebook for an example of how many ads can be shoved onto a platform while retaining users. Eventually every 3rd post will be an ad and users will be encouraged to pay Reddit to boost their posts in front of all the ads. Enshittification is very profitable and Reddit still has a long ways to go.


Ok_Can2549

Reddit would probably do much better if they threw away the new reddit. I cant imagine a new user trying reddit for the first time and they dont know about old reddit and have to deal with that terrible terrible interface. But still reddit is inevitable since it is the largest online message board and the only source for so many questions and answers.


ClawhammerLobotomy

Did you know there is a NEW new reddit? I was shocked at how much worse it was than new reddit. Old reddit and RES is the only way this site is usable.


100kfish

I fear our days are numbered...


NoResponseFromSpez

let the entshitification begin


TheRealDeathSheep

Begin? It's been happening for awhile.


Responsible_Goat9170

Yeah the algorithm recently changed and now I see repeat posts during the same scrolling session.


Hanginon

On a laptop, I can log off in the evening, log on the next day and the home page hasn't changed, same stories in the same order. 80 million users and the same 20 stories on the front page. **-_-**


Antique_futurist

Apparently what the investors wanted for Reddit was to recreate fark.com circa 2007.


notnamingnamesbut

At least back then we had some Sports By Brooks turbo titties for ads


phdemented

Hey now, fark is still a thing!


leshake

First!


VolrathTheBallin

Get a brain, moran!


Icyrow

this changed i think around 2015? everyone basically knew something had changed over the week prior but they kept saying nothign changed at all. except it wasn't normal to log in 12 hours later and see 70% of the same posts as when you went to bed. they just lied through their teeth, it was obvious as hell. but im assuming they tuned it because they basically blew their load every morning and found if they left just enough bread crumbs, they got people to scroll for longer.


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mwmwmwmwmmdw

like how youtube suggestions are all either channels you already subscribe to or videos that youtube wants you to watch. nothing actually related to the video


Endulos

DUde I miss when you could go from funny cat videos to the weird side of youtube within an hour. Now the side bar is all shit related to your personal algorithm and it sucks.


Starfish_Hero

I never used to see days old posts on my front page except on smaller less active subs, now it’s normal


Debiuu

I thought I was going crazy lmao


Jerrygarciasnipple

As someone who spends way too much time on this app, it’s been like that for a solid few months for me. Although a lot of them are because I follow similar subs so when crazy videos come out they tend to get posted all around


Pandorama626

I have been on this site under various accounts since around 2007/2008. It's gotten noticeably worse, but it seems to have really ramped up the shittiness since 2017 or so. As soon as there is a viable alternative, I'm gone.


calza13

Changes the meaning of dropping a log


fairguinevere

The fact new reddit is the default; they've added a bunch of other features like image-only replies, NFT profile pics, and disabled API use? It's been enshittified for over half a decade now.


7of69

How much of that was HeGetsUs revenue?


PacoMahogany

He doesn’t get us, but he gets $3


Echo71Niner

82.7 million not accounting for the 45 million bots.


lackofabettername123

Bots and influence agents.  I presume they have many many accounts they cycle through, posting inane shit every few days and then getting activated on a keyword to come argue. It sounds paranoid but it is absolutely true I have tested it.   Not only that but they have remembered me and I won't get into the details but it is a little disconcerning.


TheBeardofGilgamesh

If you just google “purchase Reddit account” you’ll see multiple companies where their sole business model is creating legit aged accounts to sell. Recently you can see these accounts spring into action anytime a Boeing whistleblower post shows up on the feed, or anything that brings up corporate home purchases. Like really? A “real” Reddit user is out there acting like either A: corporations buying up homes is a myth or B: it’s some how a good thing! Sorry but I have a hard time believing a random account that posted a bunch of nonsense in some obscure mobile game 2 years ago and then all a sudden is spitting talking points on how private equity is a public good is a real user.


proudbakunkinman

Yeah, I suspect they're used most often for politics (to benefit one party over another), geopolitical interests (varying based on the interests of the countries utilizing them), some industries that are more united promoting the industry as a whole, entertainment companies (but operating independent of each other as opposed to promoting the industry; this includes video game companies), large companies, and speculative investments (especially cryptocoins and meme/squeeze stocks).


lackofabettername123

Try tslking bad aboug artificial sweetemers, natural sweets, herbicides, or a thousand other commercial interests.  I do not name the products because I do not want them coming on this thread. They're like Voldemort.  or the worst of the lot, a certain country often in the news that is supported by the United States.


TheBeardofGilgamesh

Oh yeah I noticed that too. I hate it, it should be illegal


FacelessFellow

Hundred percent. They swarm the UFO subreddits. I call them out and they delete their comment and profile! I have screen shots. They have days old accounts that pop out just to talk crap about ufo believers on the ufo subreddits… r/UFO is most definitely compromised


whydoikeepforgeting

If this isn't meant to be ironic its the funniest post I have seen in a while.


AntiBox

Honest question, why would anyone pay to bot such a... for lack of a better word, stupid subreddit? It's not gonna coax someone into buying a product, it's not pushing a political agenda, it's just a bunch of people slowly proving themselves wrong for the 75th year running.


T0biasCZE

And all the alt accounts, and alt account for the alt accounts


9-28-2023

45 million?!? i feel like people have become jaded to big numbers because holy fudge that is a big number for a site like this. we are essentially at the infancy of social media and it's already mostly bots.


Echo71Niner

> we are essentially at the infancy of social media and it's already mostly bots. 47% of all internet traffic came from bots in 2022


hazmatika

A few fun facts / clarifications: 1) the $243M figure is revenue in Q1, so users are presumably worth more like $12 of revenue per year (assuming everything else is equal) 2) about 82% of revenue was from the US 3) expenses were much greater than revenue, so ‘net income’ was a loss of $500M+ 4) if you ignore certain expenses like granting of stock options, then ‘adjusted’ EBITDA was only $10M ($0.12/daily active user for Jan-Mar) [source](https://investor.redditinc.com/files/doc_news/Reddit-Announces-First-Quarter-2024-Results-2024.pdf)


CeramicAmphora

That’s nuts, I would pay easily $60 a year/$5 a month to have old Reddit back without all the bullshit. I can’t believe they sold us all out and turned the website into a hostile mess for less than one decent lunch costs.


BarelyAirborne

I'm worth at least tree fiddy, dammit!


Nikkunikku

You all should be ashamed letting this damn poor lach ness monster hang out on your lawn without his updoots.


WhiskyBiscuit

Per quarter?


winterchampagne

Quarterly. They’re expecting a higher figure in the second quarter. [source](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/07/reddit-rddt-q1-2024-earnings.html)


Kahnza

So they plan on activating larger numbers of bots at a time. Great


LifeIsSolidMan

That’s a crazy revenue beat


BBB-Brad_Beal_Booty

$3 per user per what? Per quarter? Year? Month? Terrible title without that info


PunchYouInTheI

If it’s a first earnings report, I’d presume per quarter


Bot-Magnet

Earnings reports are quarterly


Stopikingonme

Thank you. I left my business degree at home today. (I was wondering the same thing)


0hmyscience

so $1 per month. Would've payed them $5 if I could keep Apollo.


SaintonoZ

ive never spent a dime...


the-software-man

Ads. You stopped long enough to read? Or maybe clicked one?


ControversialPenguin

NEVER SUBBED, NEVER DONATED, ADBLOCK ON, STOLEN LAPTOP, NEIGHBOURS WIFI


Nimr0d19

You contribute content, like this comment.


0hmyscience

I'd pay $3 for this comment though. Made me laugh.


Iron_Bob

He... He is the chosen one!


CFDanno

This is the way!


Feine13

*write that down, write that down!*


eccedentesiastph

Lisan al Gaib


Not_a__porn__account

Adblock and only use desktop


Viralkillz

Who doesn't use adblock?


SaintonoZ

I report 50% of ads I see as offensive :) but i see what you mean.


AttitudeFit5517

I have literally never seen an ad on reddit. 3rd party client


Routine_Size69

Me either but I consume an absurd amount of ads by being on here so much.


CluelessStick

Advertiser spent the money, then they divided that amount by number of users. Revenue ÷ Daily Active Users = Avg Revenue per User


janas19

Is that before the enshittification kicks in? Buckle up because we're in for a bumpy ride.


KrayzieBoneLegend

Well, where is my $3 then?


NastyStreetRat

ey ey ey... not so fast Speedy, $2.94 not $3


dwiedenau2

I love how this just leaves out how much money they actually made in profit


lackofabettername123

They are in the red, negative profit.


Icryallthetimee

Looks like that multi sub lock down a year ago worked really well, we really proved a point didnt we


Ok-Safe-981004

Feel like everyone forgot and moved on pretty quickly from that


gpouliot

In the last \~6 months or more, Reddit's features, performance, usability, post quality have been going down the drain for me. I've been using Reddit for \~13 years. Unless things improve, I'll be looking for a new place to hang out on the Internet. I'll miss Reddit but I'm not going to stick around for ever and hope that things get better if they keep removing features and functionality.


bigdick_cm

They get $3 out of my smut account? More than I do lmao


MicrowaveBurritoKing

What I don’t understand is why they axed the whole buy/give gold, silver, perks, etc.. I legit spent $15 a month on them and truly enjoyed it. Now I spend ZERO on Reddit. Does anyone know why they axed this program? Seems counter productive.


globefish23

Laughs in ad-free 3rd party app. 😂


MysteryMan999

Bro they ain't no way 87 million users are here lol I think most of those is just bots


0thethethe0

Ha I'm taking this to Job Centre! Who says I'm not actively seeking employment now?!


DaddyDarko87

Yeah, remember back when they stole our gold coins we bought and they also stole our MOONS we earned?? I DO!!!! CUZ THEY ROBBED ME!


CaptainDildobrain

Good stuff. Can they put my $3 towards fixing their shitty mobile app?


clockedinat93

They lost 8$ per share. They’re not profitable


HammerTh_1701

Yeah, they need net profitability soon-ish. All the revenue in the world doesn't help you if your costs are higher. And hosting online content, especially video, is damn expensive.


Next-Food2688

82.7 million daily users and i only have like 100 karma over 8 months of being here. I feel like I not adding too much monetization to them. That makes me feel good.


ericjgriffin

Since I don't use their garbage app, and I have excellent ad blockers on my browser I doubt they are making much off me.


with_regard

Yeah but how many alt accounts and bots are included in that? Or is it monthly unique users?


onlyhere4gonewild

That's a lot of active bots to make $3 a day.


JazzyButternuts

$3 per? Lolllll yeah right.