[digitalzombie]

> Sure, video is expensive, but now they have a much bigger revenue opportunity. They can't monetize videos they don't host.

I totally see your point but shouldn't they monetize what they have now before go on to tackle other revenue venture?

Or is it better to tackle all possible revenue venture at the same time?

I feel like it's stretches them thin no?

[nerfhammer]

They will be able to say they decreased their outbound user metric by X% and can report that to their investors to prove growth.

[digitalzombie]

This is why I hate the business side of business.

Especially in startup, it seems like they're always looking for way to get their investor to invest more. There are many cases where I thought it being so shady.

I acknowledge business people and what they do but there are things in the this industry where it's just not for me.

[spydum]

Users might feel like adding a monetizing strategy to existing "free" is Reddit selling out. Whereas if you just add a "new" feature and monetize that, people are less likely to rebel