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Adam Singer's avatar

Right - the marketer in me is kinda impressed - although I don't market this way personally it's like using leverage while trading or exploiting some kind of financial loophole - ends poorly, you learn why eventually. But as a Reddit user I'm just upset our communities were allowed to be so ruined. I don't think it's too late to fix them btw

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Dalton Barker's avatar

An analogy I was considering was the meal delivery hypetrain about 8 years ago. The constant podcast advertisements fueled the millennial influence ecosystem, which lead to a temporary demand surge. The demand pop fueled the funding rounds, which led to a near constant podcast advertisement barrage. Around and around the $50 off your first order we went.

But the biz model was never sustainable once the cheap liquidity evaporated and people stopped pretending they preferred cooking vs delivery.

This is how my (less-accomplished) marketing brain tried to map it onto the digital Reddit world.

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