Reddit has never turned a profit in nearly 20 years, but filed to go public anyway::Reddit, the message board site known for its chronically online userbase and for originating much internet discourse, filed for its long-anticipated initial public offering on Thursday.

  • TherouxSonfeir@lemm.ee
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    2 years ago

    Because the stock market is a scam and whoever is valuing these companies so high is clearly in on it. Any company that has no profit is should be worth nothing in an IPO.

    Edit: strikethrough, to be more clearly an opinion.

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      If a business was actually losing money for 20 years straight then how does it continue to grow? Think about Amazon and how long it wasn’t profitable despite being one of the largest businesses ever in recorded history.

      It’s a business scam that’s a legal way of pay significantly less taxes than they normally would.

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      Any company that has no profit is worth nothing in an IPO.

      I envy people with the bravery to speak passionately about something they don’t understand at all.

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        Subjective. To whom? That’s the big question. When valuing a company, logically you look at the books. If the books say they cannot survive without continuous investment, they’re not a good financial investment.

        You cannot measure the value of Reddit having a lot of users who could, in theory, leave at any moment. It’s not something that can have a value. Therefore it’s made up.