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Reddit power users balk at chance to participate in IPO as Wall Street debut nears (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 7 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 52 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Not sure I would call myself a power user. While I did have a few posts over 50k, I was not exactly creating a ton of content. Still got an email though and decided against investing.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 49 points 7 months ago (2 children)

My few posts were almost exclusively in my local sub and plant identification, I never had a post crack 1000. Almost all my karma came from comments. Since I also got the offer, I'm guessing the bar was set very low

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Yep, same, think I had 65k karma, mostly from comments, got an email, also balked

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I probably had at least a few million across all my accounts but still balked

[–] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Huh, I thought everyone received the email. Never made a single post on Reddit, only ever commented and still got the thing.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

I think everyone got it out eventually, but I know they rolled it out in stages based on total karma. The more karma you had, the earlier you got the IPO email. And they didn't distinguish between post and comment karma. I had almost no post karma, but 402k comment karma (mostly from account age), so I got emailed pretty early.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I never got anything. But I use disposable emails to verify any accounts I made.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was definitely a power user. I didn't get an email. I know why too:

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I find it hilarious that you didn't get one and a nobody like me did.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

On some level, I'm a little surprised they noticed.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

Same here. I'd consider it a compliment that they did.

[–] BothsidesistFraud@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Right, why would I bother with the reddit IPO? IPO pricing is all over the place. If I want it - I don't - I'll buy it day 1.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 7 points 7 months ago

Similar story, though I had over 100,000 karma, I never made any posts. It was all comment karma. I got invitations on both my accounts, even though ones been retired for years and the other I stopped using after the bullshit last year.