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(Preview) Reddit as a Business, APIs and Interest Rates and Angry Moderators, The Athletic Rethinks Its Coverage Approach

Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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The Importance of Twitter in the Media

Twitter is not much of a business, which I think is actually one of the core pieces that go into what's sort of happening right now. Reddit by and large, their value is sort of contextual. So I'm a little confused as to why they are struggling as much as they appear to be struggling. The bigger picture takeaway is advertising is hard. We see snap struggling both pre and post Elon. That's a Twitter has always been bad at advertising sort of statement.

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