Reddit shares fall after earnings; company to test login requirement
Investor's Business Daily and an r/stocks post report that Reddit shares dropped after its third-quarter earnings, which included weaker-than-expected user growth and weak fourth-quarter sales guidance. The r/stocks post says Reddit plans to require users to create accounts to access the platform, and that CEO Steve Huffman cited shrinking Google search-referral traffic as a major factor. The r/stocks post states shares dropped over 11% after the numbers were released.
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- Reported by Investor's Business Daily alone, with no second source or primary confirmation yet
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What the sources claim
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Reddit shares dropped over 11% after its earnings numbers were released.
“The company’s shares dropped over 11% after its numbers were released.”
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Reddit provided weak fourth-quarter sales guidance despite beating on the top and bottom lines.
“it beat on the top and bottom lines, but provided weak fourth-quarter sales guidance”
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Reddit plans to require all users to create official accounts to access the platform.
“Reddit plans to require all users to create official accounts to access the social media platform”
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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said shrinking search-referral traffic from Google played a major role in the planned login requirement.
“shrinking search-referral traffic from Google played a major role in its planned efforts to require people to become “logged-in” users”
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Reddit posted weaker-than-expected user growth and will test requiring some users to log in.
“After posting weaker-than-expected user growth, Reddit will test requiring some users to log in.”
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