The Future of Ads

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Youtubers like Mr. Beast are making building multi billion dollar businesses on a platform that, you know, shares their videos for free. "I think this is a 10 X, maybe a 50 X greater revenue stream, ultimately than the ad business," says Reddit CEO and co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Ahn: I used to hate ads because I felt they were parasitic and they just got on the way of content and all these things. But look, I've grown out of that. They can be both of those things for sure."

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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