Tag: Huffman, Steve (1983- )

Justice Dept. Sues Apple, Smartphones and Children with Jonathan Haidt and Reddit’s I.P.O.

Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube This week, the U.S. Department of Justice sued Apple, saying the company holds a monopoly over the smartphone market. We break down the lawsuit and ask whether it will be a major turning point in Apple’s dominance. Then, Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist, […]

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Reddit’s I.P.O. Is a Content Moderation Success Story

A decade ago, no one in their right mind would have put “Reddit” and “publicly traded company” in the same sentence. At the time, Reddit was known as one of the darkest parts of the internet — an anything-goes forum where trolls, extremists and edgelords reigned. Light on rules and overseen by an army of […]

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Reddit Said to Price IPO at $34 a Share, in a Positive Sign for Tech

Reddit on Wednesday priced its shares at $34 for its initial public offering, at the high end of expectations, in a sign of investor demand for growing tech companies. The San Francisco-based social media company had estimated that its shares would be priced at $31 to $34. The $34 price put Reddit’s value at $6.4 […]

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Reddit’s Long, Rocky Road to an Initial Public Offering

During a leadership crisis in 2015, Reddit asked Steve Huffman, one of its founders, to return to run the social media platform. Mr. Huffman, who was working on a travel site, was not eager to come back. Reddit was a headache. It was experiencing a revolving door of chief executives. Its sprawling community of users […]

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