Now the social media platform is aiming for an IPO in the first quarter of 2024 with a valuation of $15 billion, and has been in talks with potential investors like Goldman Sachs and and Morgan Stanley, per Bloomberg.

  • @Clbull
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    10 months ago

    I have a different take on this. Spez is the reason we even have a viable alternative to Reddit.

    Many Reddit competitors have come and gone over the years. Among the few I have used including Hubski, Snapzu, SaidIt, Voat, Ruqqus, Tildes and Syzitus, I have seen these platforms either turn into walled-off gardens with strict moderation (Snapzu & Tildes), fail to attract a user base (Syzitus & Hubski) or get commandeered by banned Reddit users and become right wing shitholes.

    Lemmy is the closest we’ve ever come to circa 2012 Reddit and frankly, I hope it doesn’t become mainstream.

    I don’t want to sound like some kind of pretentious hipster but going mainstream was what killed Reddit for me.

    • @MataVatnik
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      Yeah this feels real. Redditors felt inauthentic constantly worried about not getting downvoted.