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Why Marketers Find Reddit Loathsome
- Chicago Tribune, Wednesday, July 15, 2015 8:01 AM
Among the likely reasons Ellen Pao left Reddit as interim CEO is that it’s a non-starter for marketers. She said she couldn't meet revenue goals set by the board because the business depends on advertising. Though 160 million people post on the bulletin board-type setup, advertisers won’t drink from a toxic sub-reddit soup of vitriol, pot shots, sexism, racism and just general hatred.
