I got an email from reddit to the address for one of my old Reddit logins. The text, in part, when visiting the URL they provided (had to be logged in, not all of my old handles could see it):
Yes, it’s really happening this time, and as we take the next step toward becoming a public company, we’re inviting all eligible redditors to participate in Reddit’s IPO.
“Eligible” you note skeptically? Yes. Unfortunately, there are a ton of imposed legal restrictions defining when, who, and how we do this. So while our goal is to give all redditors the same access to stock as institutional investors (why should they have all the fun?), our lawyercats tell us we must follow specific rules listed below.
Our Directed Share Program (“DSP”) is set up to let eligible users and moderators own a piece of Reddit by purchasing Reddit stock at the same price as institutional investors when we IPO. We will offer this opportunity to as many redditors as we are able to accommodate, and the number of people who can participate is limited.
Just out of curiosity, I poked my head in and saw they’d sent the same message directly to my Reddit account. “Oh, that’s… gross,” I thought. Then I looked around at the subs I used to frequent, and realized I felt like I was getting cancer from them.
It’s amazing how much I don’t miss Reddit.
I’d rather have Reddit messaging stay in Reddit. In fact I never associated an email address with my account. They had no other way to contact me.