[HN Gopher] Reddit S1
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       Reddit S1
        
       Author : fjordan
       Score  : 71 points
       Date   : 2024-02-22 20:33 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.sec.gov)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.sec.gov)
        
       | minimaxir wrote:
       | The milestone timeline is oddly underwhelming. Both it and the
       | letter from Steve Huffman emphasize the /r/WallStreetBets frenzy
       | as evidence of Reddit popularity, which is ironic because a) it
       | died out as quickly as it rose, as noted in Risk Factors and b)
       | reminding the SEC that your platform was used for market
       | manipulation in your S-1 is kinda funny.
       | 
       | Funniest line:
       | 
       | > Revenue from Reddit Gold and Collectible Avatars was not
       | material for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2023.
        
         | CamelCaseName wrote:
         | I saw WSB hit 60,000 concurrent users watching the Nvidia
         | earnings yesterday
        
           | minimaxir wrote:
           | Huh, I just checked now and WSB does have more CCUs than I
           | expected. (WSB has 38.0k CCUs, /r/pics has 36.3k CCUs)
           | 
           | That makes zero intuitive sense.
        
             | occamsrazorwit wrote:
             | WSB has more actual discussion, while people mostly see
             | /r/pics on their feed (because it's a default subreddit) or
             | scroll through really quickly (because it's easily-
             | consumable content).
        
       | simantel wrote:
       | Pulling out interesting numbers:
       | 
       | Revenue: $666.7M in 2022, $804M in 2023
       | 
       | Gross margin: 84% in 2022, 86% in 2023
       | 
       | Net loss: $(158.6)M in 2022, $(90.8)M in 2023
       | 
       | DAUq: 57.5M in Q4 2022, 73.1M in Q4 2023
        
         | simantel wrote:
         | It looks like DAUq was flat or declining until Q3'21, then
         | started ticking up, but really popped off in Q3 and Q4 of 2023
         | after they killed third-party clients.
        
           | tempsy wrote:
           | DAUs seem less useful for an anonymous service like reddit. I
           | have like 3 throwaway accounts and it takes 5 seconds to
           | create a new one.
        
             | simantel wrote:
             | Yeah, they say as much in the risk factors when discussing
             | potential issues with their metrics:
             | 
             | "Moreover, a single person or organization may hold
             | multiple accounts and may use more than one account to
             | perform multiple views within a relevant period."
        
       | ortusdux wrote:
       | Reddit DM I just got:
       | 
       |  _" Participating in Reddit's Initial Public Offering (IPO)
       | 
       | from reddit
       | 
       | sent 11 minutes ago
       | 
       | Hello,
       | 
       | TL;DR: - you're invited to a special program that lets redditors
       | purchase stock at the same price as institutional investors when
       | we IPO. Details about eligibility and next steps follow. This
       | (long, dense) message has all the info we can provide due to
       | legal restrictions.
       | 
       | As you may have heard, Reddit has taken steps toward becoming a
       | publicly traded company with the initial public filing of our
       | registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
       | Commission on February 22, 2024. Yes, it's happening.
       | 
       | And because you have helped make Reddit what it is today, you now
       | have the opportunity to become Reddit owners at the same price as
       | institutional investors.
       | 
       | We're offering a Directed Share Program ("DSP") that invites
       | eligible users and moderators who have contributed to Reddit to
       | participate in our initial public offering ("IPO"). (Including
       | you!)"_
        
         | CamelCaseName wrote:
         | Are you an active user? What was the cutoff threshold for this?
        
           | ortusdux wrote:
           | Somewhat active. Could have something to do with my account
           | being 15+ y/o as well.
        
           | goles wrote:
           | They discuss the Directed Shares Program on page 224.
           | 
           | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1713445/000162828024.
           | ..
           | 
           | Briefly - Users & Moderators will be invited on 6 phased
           | tiers. Accounts created on or before Jan 1st, 2024.
           | 
           | T1 - Users identified by us who have made meaninful
           | contribution to Reddit community programs.
           | 
           | T2 - 200,000 Karma / 5,000 Mod actions
           | 
           | T3 - 100,000 Karma / 2,500 Mod actions
           | 
           | T4 - 50,000 Karma / 1,000 Mod actions
           | 
           | T5 - 25,000 Karma / 500 Mod actions
           | 
           | T6 - All eligible users
           | 
           | Class A Common stock, # and % appears redacted.
        
             | 01HNNWZ0MV43FF wrote:
             | Too bad all my old alts either rotated or got hellbanned
             | lol
        
         | toomuchtodo wrote:
         | Received the same via email.
        
           | ortusdux wrote:
           | Looks like I did as well.
        
       | _xander wrote:
       | CEO total comp of $193m in 2023 is...quite something
        
         | DeRock wrote:
         | For a company that produced negative income, absolutely absurd.
         | Why do investors put up with this? Is there truly no oversight?
         | There is no way he provides value close to his compensation.
        
       | ortusdux wrote:
       | Did this get flagged/deleted?
        
         | simantel wrote:
         | It must've been flagged initially, but I see it on the second
         | page now.
        
       | brrrrrm wrote:
       | Are there any Reddit alternatives these days? Something like HN
       | but more slightly more casual (image/video embeds, subreddits)
        
         | cft wrote:
         | 4chan.org
         | 
         | stacker.news
        
         | fsmv wrote:
         | Lemmy is the main alternative that isn't computing topics only.
         | The biggest server is https://lemmy.world.
        
         | Arrath wrote:
         | SomethingAwful putters along under new ownership, with fairly
         | decent moderation.
        
       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | Related:
       | 
       |  _Expanding Our Partnership with Google_
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39471317
        
       | mindcandy wrote:
       | Am I reading this right?
       | 
       | Revenue: $667m
       | 
       | Total comp of 3 execs: $322m
       | 
       | Income: ($90m)
       | 
       | I might have a suggestion on how they can get out of the red.
       | It's a wild one, I know. But, it just might work!
        
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