The Future of Reddit

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I think there's a variety of business models they could have. So if I had one for my podcast and I do have one for the podcast, I could invest in it. There would be a way for me to say, you know what, this is worth me putting my time into because I can get a cut of the subscriptions or maybe affiliate ads or something. And so that's, and it'll just give people a place to do that sort of activity above board. But we're very bad. In fact, we kind of work against the business creating instinct. Yeah. Literally said no bueno.

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Today’s show:

Reddit CEO and Co-Founder Steve Huffman joins Jason to discuss building a platform that serves Reddit's community (13:33), addresses the situation with third-party apps and moderators (35:00), and much more!

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(00:00) Reddit CEO Steve Huffman joins Jason

(2:40) The evolution of Reddit and its community

(4:10) The tailwinds powering Reddit and Steve's thoughts on speech mitigation

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(13:33) The Reddit "Keep it real" ethos and the importance of allowing open debate

(17:47) Authoritarianism and challenging orthodoxies

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(25:44) Steve's optimism for AI and why this is only the beginning

(35:00) The response to Reddit's API use in various LLMs

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(39:29) Going in-depth on Reddit's situation and API history