The Importance of Ads at Scale

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The New York Times went subscription-based after the election of Donald Trump. John Avlon: "You have to pander to your audience Yes" He says ads at scale keep you in the middle, which is important for a news organization. The worst business model would be an ad-driven website that didn't produce high quality content and was just rewriting other people's work.

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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