▲ 1572 ▼ Reddit Falls Short of Ad Growth Targets Ahead of Likely 2024 IPO (www.theinformation.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 378 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 63 points 2 years ago (5 children) That's still enough to tank an IPO. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Alto@kbin.social 51 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yep, in the face of the infinite growth monster, anything other than exceeding expectations is seen as a failure permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Facebones@reddthat.com 39 points 2 years ago "We see here you're up 5%, but you were up 5% last year too, so you're dead now." -Capitalism permalink fedilink source parent [–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago I still remember a line from a boss I had in one of my very first "real" jobs. "I expect you to exceed my expectations." I didn't bother pointing out the problem there. I also didn't stay working for her for very long. :) permalink fedilink source parent [–] someguy3@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago Yup it's all about expected growth. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago Can you buy puts on an IPO? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alto@kbin.social 51 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yep, in the face of the infinite growth monster, anything other than exceeding expectations is seen as a failure permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Facebones@reddthat.com 39 points 2 years ago "We see here you're up 5%, but you were up 5% last year too, so you're dead now." -Capitalism permalink fedilink source parent [–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago I still remember a line from a boss I had in one of my very first "real" jobs. "I expect you to exceed my expectations." I didn't bother pointing out the problem there. I also didn't stay working for her for very long. :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 39 points 2 years ago "We see here you're up 5%, but you were up 5% last year too, so you're dead now." -Capitalism permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago I still remember a line from a boss I had in one of my very first "real" jobs. "I expect you to exceed my expectations." I didn't bother pointing out the problem there. I also didn't stay working for her for very long. :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago Yup it's all about expected growth. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago Can you buy puts on an IPO? permalink fedilink source parent