How Alexis Ohanian Built a Front Page of the Internet
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Re: How Alexis Ohanian Built a Front Page of the Internet
#2>"I want to stay hungry," says Alexis Ohanian. "I really believe my resources are best used to help projects that make the world suck less."
I hate this kind of over-indulgence.
What "resources"? He built a social news website and had a strike of luck. It's not like the guy is an Einstein or a Tesla. Or that Reddit is something bettering society. It's a glorified internet forum.
Imagine how stupid things like this would sound in other industries:
"I really believe my resources are best used to help projects that make the world suck less" says multi-millionaire inventor of the Post-it / Jelly+Peanut butter combo / facial hair remover...
Re: How Alexis Ohanian Built a Front Page of the Internet
#3>"I want to stay hungry," says Alexis Ohanian. "I really believe my resources are best used to help projects that make the world suck less." I hate this kind of over-indulgence. What "resources"? He built a social news website and had a strike of luck. It's not like the guy is an Einstein or a Tesla. Or that Reddit is something bettering society. It's a glorified internet forum. Imagine how stupid things like this wo…
I think by 'resources' he means his money. So he wants to invest in start ups that make the world suck less. That's how I read it anyway.
Re: How Alexis Ohanian Built a Front Page of the Internet
#4>"I want to stay hungry," says Alexis Ohanian. "I really believe my resources are best used to help projects that make the world suck less." I hate this kind of over-indulgence. What "resources"? He built a social news website and had a strike of luck. It's not like the guy is an Einstein or a Tesla. Or that Reddit is something bettering society. It's a glorified internet forum. Imagine how stupid things like this wo…
they are bettering society..they have a huge NSFW content.
Re: How Alexis Ohanian Built a Front Page of the Internet
#5What the front page of the internet looks like today:
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* The Daily Show clip
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* News article about Julian Assange
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* News article about guy doing something strange (which is actually really old)
* Reddit question thread about Tarantino films
* Youtube clip
* "Ask Me Anything" request thread
* Story on mobile technology
* Reddit question thread about 'fan theories'
* Article about astronomy
* Youtube clip
* Reddit 'arbitrary gift day' thread
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* Story about finding genetic defects
* News article about political race
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Re: How Alexis Ohanian Built a Front Page of the Internet
#6What the front page of the internet looks like today: * Image with overlayed snarky text * Another image * Another image... * The Daily Show clip * Another image * Another image * News article about Julian Assange * Another image * News article about guy doing something strange (which is actually really old) * Reddit question thread about Tarantino films * Youtube clip * "Ask Me Anything" request thread * Story on mo…
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Re: How Alexis Ohanian Built a Front Page of the Internet
#7What the front page of the internet looks like today: * Image with overlayed snarky text * Another image * Another image... * The Daily Show clip * Another image * Another image * News article about Julian Assange * Another image * News article about guy doing something strange (which is actually really old) * Reddit question thread about Tarantino films * Youtube clip * "Ask Me Anything" request thread * Story on mo…
You can log in and customize it. The default set of subreddits is bound to be low-quality.
The idea that the default is supposed to be low-quality is depressing.
Re: How Alexis Ohanian Built a Front Page of the Internet
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can log in and customize it. The default set of subreddits is bound to be low-quality.
The idea that the default is supposed to be low-quality is depressing.
Well, at least know its name if you're going to be depressed by it:
Re: How Alexis Ohanian Built a Front Page of the Internet
#9>"I want to stay hungry," says Alexis Ohanian. "I really believe my resources are best used to help projects that make the world suck less." I hate this kind of over-indulgence. What "resources"? He built a social news website and had a strike of luck. It's not like the guy is an Einstein or a Tesla. Or that Reddit is something bettering society. It's a glorified internet forum. Imagine how stupid things like this wo…
What - you aren't blown away by the philanthropic moves of "Bread Pig?" There's some interesting geeky stuff there, but the "make the world suck less" mission is perhaps overstating things a bit.
Re: How Alexis Ohanian Built a Front Page of the Internet
#10What the front page of the internet looks like today: * Image with overlayed snarky text * Another image * Another image... * The Daily Show clip * Another image * Another image * News article about Julian Assange * Another image * News article about guy doing something strange (which is actually really old) * Reddit question thread about Tarantino films * Youtube clip * "Ask Me Anything" request thread * Story on mo…
You can log in and customize it. The default set of subreddits is bound to be low-quality.
I was getting fed-up with Reddit but my front page (and Reddit experience in general) improved vastly after taking some suggestions from a user a few weeks ago [1]. It's actually a good source for interesting news now.
[1] http://reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/tezal/this_is_the_red...