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Reddit's founders have stated that Aaron's story about his history at reddit isn't truthful so it's no surprise they're snubbing him. Here's a 10 year old thre

• jessaustin 9y ago
  PG, at your link: Aaron's not wrong to call himself one of the founders. The company behind Reddit was a merger of two startups, one that made Reddit and one that made Infogami, and in that situation the founders of both startups are considered founders of the combined company.
  • Tomte 9y ago
    Without knowing the details about this particular case that sounds wrong. Note how PG subtly shifted from „Aaron co-founded Reddit the product“ (what everyone meant) to „Aaron co-founded the company that today owns Reddit“, which is defensible, but mostly uninteresting. I consider that dishonest.