PLEASE BUY A PART OF MY SINKING SHIP
this post was submitted on 22 Feb 2024
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But if you've changed all the parts of the ship and replaced them with shittier parts, is it still the same ship?
The Shit of Theseus.
Still the same captain, so yep.
He FA so now we're all about to FO:-).
No.
This a boat.
Come back, come back my little Rats, it's a chance to invest!!!
I know this may not get seen but anyone who jumps in on this will basically end up linking their Reddit account name to their real info. Let that sink in.
Lol does that mean reddit is breaking its own site wide rules and mass doxxing people?
My guess is that the current Reddit Inc. investors know that the price per share will sink in the initial public offering. So to squeeze a bit more cash, they're trying to sell some shares to suckers who are emotionally invested into the platform, before the IPO.
If that's correct it's extremely scummy, bait-and-switch behaviour. And damn stupid given that Reddit's CEO Steve "Greedy Pigboy" Huffman was taunting and pissing off powerusers and moderators not too long ago.
Reddit doing something extremely scummy? Never!
"get it now, while supplies last!!!!" hurry up motherfucker and dump your money
“Eligible” you note skeptically? Yes. Unfortunately, there are a ton of imposed legal restrictions defining when, who, and how we do this. So while our goal is to give all redditors the same access to stock as institutional investors (why should they have all the fun?), our lawyercats can confirm we must follow specific rules explained below.
Really angling for a certain demographic, huh?
just exactly WHAT is it about that writing style that makes it sound so fucking pretentious?
Why do I have to be a US citizen? Are EU citizens not gooed enough to be scammed?
Probably consumer protection...
Reddit is trying to profit off everyone they can, and these idiots are about to tie real name and contact info to their reddit profiles.
That makes the data reddit has much more valuable to people who buy data.
Bro if you want to lose money, you can just send it to me.
I'd move to Europ again to avoid this. Probably would be cheaper too.
Nope, needs more goo
I'm still buying puts.
Ah… found the WallStreetBets refuge
Part of me hopes none of them are dumb enough to fall for this. Part of me hopes redditors somehow end up as the majority owners of Reddit and either a) return it to being a good website or b) wreak absolute havoc.
So this is how they are going to "pay" users.
Ding ding ding ding - yes, with the "option" for users to pay them. It's a Trump/Musk/Spez specialty: do whatever the fuq you want, but make it sound nice and people will be lining up just to fall for it.
I would add the joke "What's next - crypto?"... but at this point that is not even funny anymore:-(.
Reddit tried a crypto thing. "Community points". I believe they killed that program before even rolling it out too far.
https://web.archive.org/web/20230201233950/https://www.reddit.com/community-points/
Wasn't there also some sort of talk about doing NFT shit with the godawful "snoovatars"?
Yeah, that was a thing too. I don't remember the details of it though
Yeah that's why it isn't even funny, b/c it wouldn't be "next" - they have ALREADY TRIED THAT.
This is the scheme that they are doing AFTER the crypto scam!
Like, at what point do you stop making fun of somebody and just start pitying them instead? (To be clear, so long as we are talking about spez, the correct answer will always be "never":-P)
They're going to pump and dump their own userbase?
That surely won't backfire this time.
It's all about perspective. There's no backfiring if your goal was to make money with no regard to the longevity of the platform.
Do you think Reddit cares if the platform tanks after they make all their money?
I'm very sad I can't reply to this.
You put your reply into the only place that matters to us: the Fediverse:-).
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Nobody commented on my battery. Nice.
That's because those are rookie numbers. Real ones wait to make a screenshot post until their phones are at 2%
Hold my charger.
26% seems fine compared to many I've seen before.
Charge yer phone
thats because i dont give a shit and anyone who does is morally incorrect
"This special program lets redditors purchase stock!"
Wow, you're gonna LET ME GIVE YOU MONEY? Go fuck yourselves