Reddit says it wants to reward users by letting them buy into the company’s public listing. Some say it’s too risky—others say they won’t pay a company they’ve already given hours of free labor to.

Reddit Is Letting Power Users In on Its IPO. Not Everyone’s Buying::Reddit says it wants to reward users by letting them buy into the company’s public listing. Some say it’s too risky—others say they won’t pay a company they’ve already given hours of free labor to.

    • nillocEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I just got one 7 hours ago.

      15,955 post karma 166,632 comment karma

      13 years and a few gildings over the years. Plus I was an alien blue user who got a bunch of years of gold before Reddit’s first app kill off.

      • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        9 months ago

        I found it this morning. I don’t read reddit but never closed the tab and there was a noid. I read it, laughed, and moved on with my day.

        • nillocEnglish
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          9 months ago

          I haven’t looked at my account in a few months and decided to go look just to see if I had an invite.

          They must be getting more desperate s they move down the list.

          • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            9 months ago

            That certainly has to do with account age, though that’s a strange metric to choose.