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0 pointsmrweasel2y ago0 comments

He comments on that in the post: It's not about the cost of running the servers, it's about the "lost revenue" on that user.

From the post:

> Me: "Because I assume the majority of it isn't server costs. I assume the majority is the opportunity cost per user."

> Reddit: "Exactly.""

Reddit's doesn't care about the $0.12, they care about the ads that doesn't get shown.

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mrguyorama2y ago

As other's have pointed out, they probably think AI will pay them more than even ads. Or, since they want to IPO and cash out, they are betting, with the current hype around "AI", that public markets will value AI high enough to value "possible" data sources of AI highly.

dingledork692y ago

...the reason they want to show the ads is so they can get paid for that.

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mrguyorama2y ago

dingledork692y ago

...the reason they want to show the ads is so they can get paid for that.

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