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raldi on Aug 2, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Can Digg make a run on Reddit?

> the result being a bit of a disaster

If doubling your traffic every 8-12 months for seven years is a disaster...

huggyface on Aug 2, 2012 [–]

I remember when RIM was bragging about their subscriber growth while everyone could see the writing on the wall. This seems kind of similar.

Reddit has the inertia effect right now. The potential upside shrinks while the potential downside explodes.

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