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The naming of Reddit: reDDit like diGG seemed the most obvious reason to suspect it was inspired by Digg. Since they say they didn't consciously copy Digg I ta
by staunch 16y ago
The naming of Reddit: reDDit like diGG seemed the most obvious reason to suspect it was inspired by Digg.
Since they say they didn't consciously copy Digg I take them at their word. I doubt they'd lie about it. I wouldn't be surprised if they're misremembering though. People are always teaching me things I taught them a week earlier. Memory is faulty and that was probably an especially stressful time for them.
- kn0thing 16y agoFun fact: it was between "reddit" and "reditt" while I was a senior at UVA sitting in Alderman library. I asked my friend (and library buddy) Melissa for which one made more sense for the way "read it" oughta be misspelled. She picked reddit. We ended up considering a number of other names once we got to YC (PG wasn't a fan of reddit) but I persisted and I think Steve just realized he had better things to do. I've got the email I sent to Steve about digg (subject line: READ THIS on 7/11/05 at 11:48pm (we launched reddit on 6/23/05). I'm not lying or misremembering, which is what motivated me to respond. http://alexisohanian.com/are-we-still-talking-about-this-response-to-m http://alexisohanian.com/are-we-still-talking-about-this-res...
- arn 16y agofwiw, arrington first heard about digg only 5 days before reddit's launch. http://techcrunch.com/2005/06/18/profile-digg/ http://techcrunch.com/2005/06/18/profile-digg/