Has anyone achieved successful networking from Reddit?
Generally new Redditor here. I jumped on the bandwagon recently after breaking my preconceived notions of this site only appealing to the “high schooler” type. Have since discovered it to be a public forum for professionals and non-professionals alike (more non-, but yeah)! Out of pure curiosity, has anyone successfully networked with anyone else from this or any other sub? That is, broke out of the informality of it, to seek a formal interaction? With so many ideas bouncing off everyone, it’s kinda hard to imagine that, down the line, “Slenderman” and “Anime_Geek” never sat down to chat RE over a cup of coffee. Or are these “higher brow” subs simply a cathartic outlet for professionals that mainly use reddit for memes but help amateurs on the side because they can’t fully turn off their brain? Is networking simply against Reddit’s general culture of informality and anonymity? 

Whatever the idea, would love to hear input. 
[{"id": "dzh0p07", "text": "I\u2019ve spoken to people (only in Reddit DM) that I met through fairly specific subs. For example, I\u2019ve been a long time Bullmastiff owner and have an ongoing chat with a few people with puppies as they have questions. \n\nAnother time someone posted some cookies they had made and I said I would buy them if they made some for me. So that person sent me a paypal invoice to my personal email. \n\nBut nothing formally or in person  ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dzh0ttn", "text": "No, but I have from www.wallstreetoasis.com ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dzh59ao", "text": "A few Redditors and I met in /r/realestateinvesting and then met in real life at a local real estate investors association meeting.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dzhb6mm", "text": "You get a lot of people asking if they should take this or that job, sometimes asking if X program is worth it and every now and then someone just posts a link to their blog. \n\nI doubt that it would lead to networking in the formal sense. This place is not for that and I have a hard time thinking that people with money would trust an internet stranger with their most valuable asset. \n\nYou would be surprised the number of people who are near where you are that use this website. I remember there was a screen shot that zoomed in on what is essentially my neighborhood and there was about 2K comments on things that happened there and how this great number of people all recognized the same space. Granted I live in Los Angeles so there are 18 million people in a 20 mile radius of me, but the fact that so many would randomly click the same link on the same website in the same time period was a little startling. \n\nThat being said, I would probably not meet anyone on this website if they wanted to meet up. You see pictures of redditor meetups, and they are a self selecting sample, but yeah, it is better if we all stay anonymous. \n\nThat being said DrFreudtheRAPIST, you mentioned the other day about real estate books, and my suggestions was downvoted, so glad you are still lingering around this sub. \n", "replies": [{"id": "dzhi2et", "text": "Agreed. I think I\u2019m hearing that the general consensus amongst Redditing professionals is they are here for entertainment, not so much investment advice or laddering. As it should be, I think, as there are much better online forums for the latter two. \n\nYes, this sub has been delightfully informative for me thus far. Hoping to find a meaningful way to contribute eventually. Sorry about the downvotes. See ya around", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "dzirl3e", "text": "Yes, it absolutely can happen if you approach it the right way. I hired an MBA intern off this sub. But you might want to establish a second account if your goal is real networking, maybe something without the word \"RAPIST\" in the username.", "replies": [{"id": "dzirmtk", "text": "Agreed!", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]