Everyone seems to make this mistake that read its core business is social. And that means they sell data.
They’re selling influence. Mostly to kids. To the terminally online. The new Politically Religious.
The standard MO to ban all decent isn’t because the admins/mods actually disagree, it’s that it makes the echo chamber more uniform. They’re culling wrong think to sell things, sure, but more so ideas.
When you consider that “reputation” is a product that politicians, celebrities and companies can just purchase, I think it makes a lot of sense what Reddit can sell.
I'm going to disagree with you that Reddit is selling influence. I think they're selling eyeballs and user-created data. Both of which highly depend on Reddit's reputation with it's users, and that is what I think Reddit is going to have problems with.
They’re selling influence. Mostly to kids. To the terminally online. The new Politically Religious.
The standard MO to ban all decent isn’t because the admins/mods actually disagree, it’s that it makes the echo chamber more uniform. They’re culling wrong think to sell things, sure, but more so ideas.
When you consider that “reputation” is a product that politicians, celebrities and companies can just purchase, I think it makes a lot of sense what Reddit can sell.