Reddit is inviting some users to participate in its IPO this week, but moderators told CNBC that they're not taking the company up on its offer.
Following the lead of companies like Airbnb and Rivian, Reddit is inviting some users to participate in its upcoming IPO.
Gilbert, who works as a research manager at Cornell University's Citizens and Technology Lab, said the bad blood from the conflict has "really sort of knocked a lot of the goodwill and the energy" from those who had been spending the most time and effort on trying to build up communities on the site. It's hard for her to now see the appeal in paying money to own a piece of the company and betting on its future.
"People do seem to have like a negative view that it's going to go down immediately or you're going to lose money," said BuckRowdy, who moderates subreddits including r/UnresolvedMysteries and r/TrueCrime. "I don't see anybody in any spaces I'm in that are taking it seriously, that are thinking of it as an investment or anything along those lines.
Sweatycat, a moderator of the r/IAmA and r/LifeProTips subreddits, plans to participate in the IPO, telling CNBC they "both like Reddit as a company and see this as a potentially good investment opportunity." The Redditor, who asked not to be identified further, said other moderators may have "mixed feelings" about Reddit going public because of their "strained relationship" with management.
"Had they not done that, there would have been a heightened risk that more Redditors would have rhetorically run down the stock as it goes to market," Maharaj said. The company is saying, "Look, buy some shares and you might make money, but you only make money if you don't do something to disrupt the IPO itself," he said.
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