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> Bold prediction: FB will try to acquire Reddit soon

This would be bad on so many levels.

Not for their investors who put in $200m and want a return.

I use Reddit daily, but it's days are numbered. Having Facebook acquire them I think is it's only saving grace. I use the word "it" deliberately, because Reddit is now in the hands of its VCs.

> and want a return

Then it would be bad for them, too.

WhatsApp was an incredible success for its investors. Not so much for its acquirer. Look hard enough and you'll find M&A doesn't always pan out as expected, even at the $1B value range.

They would get their return as the exodus begins.

> Having Facebook acquire them I think would be it's coup de grace

Fixed that.

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