Reddit's IPO will fail miserably because it's an unprofitable company built on massive contradictions that will only worsen with the demands of public ownership. It's going to kill the website in a fundamental way, simultaneously hitting the mods and users while the tanking stock price infuriates their most loyal ones. The only question is whether or not the IPO has an initial price bubble for zero rational reason beyond name recognition. There might be a week or two where people can pump and dump before the reality of it sets in.
Just wait for the price to crash and then jump in the threads about it to advocate for another mod strike. The whole website implodes when you pit shareholders against their all-volunteer labour base and the company has a legal obligation to maximise profits for the shareholders. There is no way they can resolve that contradiction. Everything they do will hurt them more and make it worse.
: and i would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you hexing bears!