Reddit Goes Crazy

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In July of 2015, Reddit just goes nuts. It's just moderators start to shut down subreddits. What was going on? You were at Hitmonk. You're not a Reddit. Well, a couple of things were happening over the course of 2015. And Reddit is getting killed in the press and everybody just feeling like, what's going on? But also my attention was so sucked in the Hitmonk I didn't feel painful. It just kind of was what it was.

With $12,000 and a mascot named Snoo, two former college roommates designed a web site they hoped would become "the front page of the Internet." Today, despite growing pains, personal issues and persistent trolls, Reddit has over 300 million monthly users and is valued at 1.8 billion dollars. Recorded live in San Francisco. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.