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here's something i've wanted to know. how is reddit a business? how does it make money?
Comment by beowulf at 13/12/2005 at 04:05 UTC
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I suspect they are following Paul Graham's philosophy. It's much harder to make something popular than make it profitable. If you can figure out a way to get a lot of people visiting your site, you can find a way to make money on it.
Comment by dylanm at 13/12/2005 at 00:56 UTC
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I've been wondering that myself. The comments area has a large margin on the right that could fit, well, you know...
Comment by [deleted] at 13/12/2005 at 01:48 UTC
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Well...they don't necessarily have to make any money right off the bat.
They can follow the lead of Digg and other 2.0 startups and get something unique and popular up and going and the....boom....VC capital. Or you just get bought outright like del.icio.us.
del.icio.us never had ads, and nonetheless, it ended up making money in the end.