I would advise against buying stocks in a corporation as part of a hostile takeover. If reddit has a competent legal team (though I’m not convinced they do), such an action will accomplish nothing and the company will simply be flush with cash from the IPO. Alternatively, you succeed, and then what? What does distributed governance of a community hosting platform look like? How do you tackle all of the financial pressures that led Reddit to turn into what it is today? I think the more sustainable solution is to put your energy into advocating for alternative platforms such as here, tildes, or squabbles

Also, I never recommend any financial investing strategy that doesn’t put you first. Not that I’m saying the stock market is good, but because it’s part of an overall exploitative system, and your financial strategy needs to be your plan for navigating that system. Foolhardy investment strategies run a ton of risk of feeding the exploiters and leaving yourself with nothing to survive on. I know that sounds bleak and dramatic, but seriously, please distrust banking practices the exact right amount to keep yourself from getting hosed