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"The push has involved aggressively wooing brands and large ad agencies such as Omnicom Group, whilst simultaneously seeking to temper the dark underbelly of the platform — once a hotbed for far-right and misogynist groups — after years of criticism for perceived underpolicing."

Statements like this are humorous to me. While it's undoubtedly true that reddit was used by some disgusting far-right ideologues, it's still a hotbed for misandrists (TwoX and FemaleDatingStrategy), anti-white racists (BlackPeopleTwitter, many others), violent, radical left-wing ideologues (riot strategies discussed and planned in the open in summer 2020), blatant child grooming, and many other subgroups that are easily categorized as belonging to the "dark underbelly". As long as they're not right wing, they're not worth mentioning explicitly I guess.

The dichotomy of political concern, as well as the fact that reddit has an increasingly large and dominant population of literal children is why I'm awaiting this IPO with massive expectations that I'll be thoroughly entertained by how it turns out in the next few years. Community content curation by left wing ideologically homogeneous children seems like a very winning strategy for a businesses and advertisers.