why aren't all 7 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Assertion Supported
Sahgal: Reddit required a minimum 10% CTR for push notifications
“One of the rules actually, before I talk about diversification, that we did the push notifications, which is a massive lever for Reddit, is we said you're only allowed to send push notifications if it hits a minimum CTR. And if it doesn't hit that CTR, it's sp…”
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Seibert: Tech companies are locking down data, reversing 20 years of open APIs
“You're seeing Reddit, Twitter, et cetera, shut off APIs, put in more strict rate limits, et cetera. And so the whole world is starting to lock down data, which was counter to the trends over the past 20 years, when everything was being pushed more and more ope…”
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Sahgal: Daily active unique users is Reddit's North Star metric
“For Reddit, for example we, our North Star metric is DAUQ, DAU Uniques. Probably the most important metric for the company. Leading indicator of revenue, all of that.”
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Robinhood's viral waitlist launched accidentally after a viral Reddit post
“Somebody found that way to Robinhood free stock trading. Posted it on Reddit, so it's like a Friday night, and then all of a sudden we're like, man, we're getting a lot of traffic, where is this coming from? So we actually hooked up Google Analytics, which tha…”
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Tilt rejected a company mascot designed by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian
“So the background there is the founder of Reddit, who has a very adorable mascot in Snoo on that you see next to every Reddit logo. He built, he designed us a mascot, and we ended up not using it.”
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Reddit created a 'Fix the Video Player' subreddit to collect bug reports
“We actually even created a subreddit called Fix the Video Player”
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Matt Mochary's coaching client list includes partners at Benchmark, Sequoia, and Kleiner
“On the VC side, Matt has worked with the likes of Peter Fenton at Benchmark, Several Sequoia partners, Hemond at GC, and Mamoon at Kleiner, to name a few. As for founders, Matt's worked with the founders of Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Reddit, Flexport, and many mor…”