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Was it ever a news sharing site? I think you might be mis-remembering history.
by cakedoggie 9y ago
Was it ever a news sharing site? I think you might be mis-remembering history.
- placeybordeaux 9y agoHonestly before RES came out the proportion of images on reddit was very low. Going back further before subreddits I remember it as largely just news articles and discussions, much like HN.
- munificent 9y agoBefore subreddits, yes, it was mostly links to articles. But pics was one of the first subreddits, and images made an increasingly large fraction of posts over time. I think RES was as much a response to that as it was a driver of it. If anything, I think the rise of smartphones was the big push. It's simply easier to consume imagery than text on a small screen like that.