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Steve Huffman (/u/spez) and Alexis Ohanian (/u/kn0thing) discuss the founding of reddit. They discuss Tags vs Subreddits; star rating systems; faking users; the debate on comments; the RTM button; how reddit was originally built on LISP; the front page; recommendation engines; the Google Acquisition offer; Chris Sacca; their meeting with Yahoo; Aaron Swartz; free speech; and their hopes for reddit in the next 10 years.
This episode features original music by Andrew Joslyn (/u/AJMuse).
This episode is sponsored by Ting, Casper and Stamps.com.
Relevant Links:
Hipmunk
Imgur Album with the Screenshots Discussed in this Episode
First Comment Section on reddit
/r/Blog Post on the Ten Year Anniversary of reddit
The Upvoted Speakpipe
Andrew Joslyn’s Website |