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Why are users upset about Reddit’s IPO?

eddit users can move markets. Three years ago, members of the finance-focused subreddit r/WallStreetBets, one of the platform’s biggest communities, banded together to push GameStop’s stock price upward in unprecedented ways. Now Reddit itself is hoping to tap into its users’ unruly energy by allowing them to participate in the company’s IPO. Reddit filed to go public on Feb. 22, seeking a valuation of at least $5

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