If the market for initial public offerings recovers in the new year, one company that aims to go public early on is Reddit. An IPO will put the spotlight on the prospects for Reddit’s advertising business, which has fallen short of ambitious growth targetsoutlined by executives two years ago. ...
  • tb_@lemmy.worldEnglish
    251·
    1 year ago

    Because 2023 wasn’t?

    To elaborate: what Reddit did this year wasn’t enough for a (major) mass migration. I very much doubt even more ads will deter those that have stuck around so far. Perhaps there’ll be a trickle, but I don’t see anything happening like what was the case for Digg back in the day.

    • spudwart@spudwart.comEnglish
      34·
      1 year ago

      This will trigger an enshittification cycle.

        1. Underperformance per-quarter resulting in anti-user actions to increase profits.
        1. Users leave because of anti-user actions.
        1. Profits will decrease as users leave until the end of quarter.
        1. Return to Step 1.
      • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        This sounds like accelerationism. 🤣

        The thing is, I’m pretty sure you nailed it.

        • spudwart@spudwart.comEnglish
          8·
          1 year ago

          I mean it will help Lemmy. But It certainly will result in more EEE attempts on the fediverse.

          • Mango@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            We just gotta make like Naruto when he’s learning to hijack the kyuubi chakra for himself!

            • Ahri Boy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Smaller instance admins are ready for defederating big websites in the event of adopting ActivityPub. Bluesky server owners should have the power to filter out content and defederate from other servers.