Listen to Steve Huffman tell the story of how Reddit got started
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Re: Listen to Steve Huffman tell the story of how Reddit got started
#2Listened to this episode on a road trip yesterday and really enjoyed it. If you do a "part 2", I'm curious to hear more details about how they pulled off the growth of Reddit, broadening from an initial niche community into a wider collection of communities. Thanks jl and clevy!
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#3I've enjoyed all of the episodes so far, but this one was definitely the stand-out.
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#4Most of social platforms are nothing but feature AOL back in the day. They got a different look and feel.
Some are cross over of ICQ and AOL (WhatsApp)
AOL messenger
Chat rooms (discord, telegram)
Twitter is nothing but public chat room.
Re: Listen to Steve Huffman tell the story of how Reddit got started
#5this is good timing, as we're witnessing in real time how reddit is ending right now :)
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#6They spammed posts and comments with fake accounts to fake growth until it caught on and then talked about it on HackerNews ...
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#7This is a nice time to remind everyone that Aaron Swartz died while fighting for a freer internet and a freer world. He is, by Paul Graham, considered a founder of reddit but is rarely mentioned in these stories.
Instead of trying to go for broke and grind till he could cash out, Aaron put his skin in the game for what the internet should become. Which gets more relevant everyday that the internet megacorps consolidate power, control information, and shape the public discourse. Reddit is one such site. They should be embarrassed by how they dismissed the ethical dilemmas of operating reddit in favor of making a profit.
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Re: Listen to Steve Huffman tell the story of how Reddit got started
#9Listened to this episode on a road trip yesterday and really enjoyed it. If you do a "part 2", I'm curious to hear more details about how they pulled off the growth of Reddit, broadening from an initial niche community into a wider collection of communities. Thanks jl and clevy!
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#10Congratulations on the most toxic, astroturfed site on the internet I guess