{"id":19448,"date":"2021-02-08T11:20:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T11:20:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdthomson.com\/?p=19448"},"modified":"2022-07-11T09:47:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T09:47:42","slug":"journal-14-did-reddit-really-just-run-a-super-bowl-2021-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdthomson.com\/journal-14-did-reddit-really-just-run-a-super-bowl-2021-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal 14: Did Reddit just run a Super Bowl ad?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
Hello Everyone<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Yesterday was Super Bowl Sunday and Reddit ran a Super Bowl 2021 ad No, you heard right that wasn’t a glitch for some Super Bowl LV viewers, mainly in nine of the top 10 US metros a Reddit commercial did pop up on the screen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The ad spot comes after a Reddit<\/a> community called WallStreetBets<\/a> took on Wall Street pros by inflating the share price of GameStop<\/a>. Hedge funds, meanwhile, lost billions of dollars on their short positions and stopped platforms like RobinHood<\/a> for allowing stock buys on GameStop.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n The ad spot, was short and sweet with just five seconds, it started as if it were a car commercial, but then quickly to Reddit’s brand orange and white logo, which was followed with a message.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u201cIf you’re reading this, it means our bets paid off, One thing we learned from our communities last week is that underdogs can accomplish just about anything when we come together around a common area.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u201cWho knows, maybe you’ll be the reason finance textbooks have to add a chapter on ‘tendies,’ Powerful things happen when people rally around something they really care about. And there’s a place for that. It’s called Reddit.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Here’s the ad so you can see for your self<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n