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 grogenaut on Sunday April 23, 2023 @10:34PM (#35683058)

What was hacker news before delicious/reddit/digg/slashdot... before the web bassed internet... before bbs's... what's the analog version of these?

Also I've talked about SQL, made an adobe flash joke, ML, and many other tech things at bars in the last month, with randos.

Had a good hour discussion about ChatGPT with an NFL journalist from the local paper.

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Re:Listen to Steve Huffman tell the story of how Reddit got ... by courgette on Sunday April 23, 2023 @11:26PM (#35683345)

Again, agreed. I’m just bored tonight. No animosity here.

My goal was to point out that the metaphors is not equality working across all the examples.

Why Dropbox got NFS and not the postal service or train station locker?

Why google got Grep and not the Dewey classification system ?

Why HN got a pre internet, multi-milenary and deeply human “ancestors”. While BBS would have been sufficient?

Same for Craigslist and Amazon I guess.

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Re:Listen to Steve Huffman tell the story of how Reddit got ... by grogenaut on Monday April 24, 2023 @12:01AM (#35683526)

Cause that's what I typed while in the bathroom at a baseball game after 2 beers and it wasn't my a-material :)

Thanks for clarifying, I guess I'm in paranoid mode...

I didn't say BBS because I was never on one.

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Re:Listen to Steve Huffman tell the story of how Reddit got ... by theGnuMe on Monday April 24, 2023 @12:36PM (#35689853)

Dr. Dobbs, early computer magazines. Then there was email and usenet.

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