Listen to Steve Huffman tell the story of how Reddit got started

Re:Listen to Steve Huffman tell the story of how Reddit got ... by benatkin on Sunday April 23, 2023 @04:58PM (#35680549)

If people have to listen to a podcast to hear them present a balanced view, clearly they've failed to do so publicly.

I'll pass on listening to the podcast, there are thousands of others I'd rather listen to. Thanks anyways.

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Re:Listen to Steve Huffman tell the story of how Reddit got ... by birken on Sunday April 23, 2023 @05:08PM (#35680631)

Well I guess we'll both agree to disagree about the nuances of the early years of Reddit, something neither of us know anything about. Oh well.

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Re:Listen to Steve Huffman tell the story of how Reddit got ... by benatkin on Sunday April 23, 2023 @05:09PM (#35680656)

I think I understand it pretty well.

The main thing is that Alexis publicly disrespected Aaron in the late 00s. It wasn't a huge deal, but obviously if he realized what he was doing, he shouldn't have. I don't blame him but neither of the two original founders of Reddit are among my favorite public figures in the tech startup scene. I like Reddit but I think what I like about it is due to the network effect and if not for them the social news landscape could easily have been either worse or better than it is today.

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Re:Listen to Steve Huffman tell the story of how Reddit got ... by jefftk on Sunday April 23, 2023 @08:13PM (#35682125)

> > If you listened to the podcast they talked...

> If people have to listen to a podcast to hear...

birken wasn't saying that this information is only in a podcast, he's talking about a podcast because that's the article we're discussing.

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Re:Listen to Steve Huffman tell the story of how Reddit got ... by benatkin on Sunday April 23, 2023 @08:36PM (#35682309)

I just noticed jl posted it!

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