It's the Brian Lara show Show on WNYC.

Good morning everyone.

We'll begin today with the intersection of two stories.

Two stories from the stock market from the last few days

that have not just economic but political and

cultural implications.

They are both about social media sites going public that is being publicly traded as

stock offerings now.

As some of you already know, users of Reddit

and Truth Social, Donald Trump's social media company,

can now go beyond posting on their favorite internet communities and own a bit of the pie.

Now in going public, Reddit is seeking to grow its pool of cash,

thus allowing the company to expand by acquiring other businesses is what

we've read, providing new services and opening a new revenue stream that would sell user data

to artificial intelligence companies for training purposes.

Controversial enough in its own right.

But in this endeavor, Reddit has also ruffled the feathers of its own moderators.

Who are the moderators?

They are a vast team of volunteers credited for transforming the site

into a gem of authenticity.

You might say Reddit has taken on a lot of what Twitter used to be

before a certain Tesla owner turned it into an economic and cultural dumpster fire. The fear is that Stock Traded Reddit might lose some of what makes

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