> Ideally in the reddit way, there were actual discussions going on (except between 3 people not the 100 the usernames would success). Comments weren't in the

> Ideally in the reddit way, there were actual discussions going on (except between 3 people not the 100 the usernames would success). Comments weren't in the initial release of reddit, and wouldn't be added until the end of 2005^1. In the stories I've heard, the usernames were just for submitting stories, and the site was getting enough submissions on its own by the time comments were added. [1] December 12, 2005. https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/17913/reddit_now_supports_comments/c51 https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/17913/reddit_no.... Reddit's first post was in June: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/87/the_downing_street_memo/ https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/87/the_downing_... .