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I read this is a joke about reddit being a little school project.

• JeremyMorgan 11y ago
  That's how I read it as well.
• staunch 11y ago
  Nah, they were just trying to buy the domain for a fair price and not get gouged based on who they are. I totally understand and blame domainers for poisoning the well.
  • gozo 11y ago
    On the other hand they are now poisoning the well for anyone who really have a need for this "trick" or are actually doing a school project. It's a shitty situation no matter what of course so I'm not that upset. Edit: I think the inspiration for this comes from the guide how to buy domains someone (founder?) from Stripe wrote.
    • ma2rten 11y ago
      Do you or anyone else have a link to that guide?
      • gozo 11y ago
        It's probably this one, but I might have been reading some other blog post talking about that post, but anyhow. https://www.quora.com/How-did-Stripe-come-up-with-its-name https://www.quora.com/How-did-Stripe-come-up-with-its-name
  • TeMPOraL 11y ago
    Reddit founders are not beyond lying like that. Astroturfing your service to bootstrap it is a lie just as well. But I guess in both cases there was something good created out of the bad.