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Interview with reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian

58 points by Sam_Odio 19y ago

ojbyrne 19y ago
Hmm, extrapolating from the article, I guess I should get some credit for reddit's success because of my involvement with digg. Where's my cut? ;-) Seriously though I regret not meeting the reddit guys. I felt a certain kinship with them during the crazy days of 2005. Now I'm just jealous of their exit.
- drusenko 19y ago
  "the crazy days of 2005" -- is that what we're calling them now? :)
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tx 19y ago
If Alexis hasn't been coding, what has he been doing all this time? I thought reddit was started only by hackers.
- rms 19y ago
  He draws the alien. (graphic design and bus dev)
- smalter 19y ago
  "There were three founders – me, Steve, and Alexis. Steve and I did the programming and Alexis handled promotion and customer service and office management and business development and the myriad of other tasks that came up." -a chat with aaron swartz http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-05-07-n78.html http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-05-07-n78.html
  - hbien 19y ago
    I'm confused, this article says the third founder was Chris Slowe (in the picture) and not Aaron Swartz.
vegashacker 19y ago
Alexis is a really funny guy. This took me back to Reddit's Startup School talk last year at Stanford. Alexis and Steve did a slideshow presentation, and it was hilarious.
- alfredp 19y ago
  I was sitting in the back row last year and I watched him prepare the presentation during the afternoon. I didn't know what he looked like at the time but seeing him work the alien on his laptop was a dead giveaway. And yes, I did talk to him and asked about his YC experience. It certainly made the idea of doing startups more real to me. (Sigh... working at a job-job these days, but still dreaming.) For those of you who are going this year - remember to talk to other people; meeting other like-minded hackers is part of the Startup School experience.
Raphael 19y ago
> Nowadays our team has exploded to a total of five. BOOM!

58 points by Sam_Odio 19y ago

Hmm, extrapolating from the article, I guess I should get some credit for reddit's success because of my involvement with digg. Where's my cut? ;-) Seriously though I regret not meeting the reddit guys. I felt a certain kinship with them during the crazy days of 2005. Now I'm just jealous of their exit.

drusenko 19y ago
"the crazy days of 2005" -- is that what we're calling them now? :)

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tx 19y ago

If Alexis hasn't been coding, what has he been doing all this time? I thought reddit was started only by hackers.

rms 19y ago
He draws the alien. (graphic design and bus dev)
smalter 19y ago
"There were three founders – me, Steve, and Alexis. Steve and I did the programming and Alexis handled promotion and customer service and office management and business development and the myriad of other tasks that came up." -a chat with aaron swartz http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-05-07-n78.html http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-05-07-n78.html
- hbien 19y ago
  I'm confused, this article says the third founder was Chris Slowe (in the picture) and not Aaron Swartz.

vegashacker 19y ago

Alexis is a really funny guy. This took me back to Reddit's Startup School talk last year at Stanford. Alexis and Steve did a slideshow presentation, and it was hilarious.

alfredp 19y ago
I was sitting in the back row last year and I watched him prepare the presentation during the afternoon. I didn't know what he looked like at the time but seeing him work the alien on his laptop was a dead giveaway. And yes, I did talk to him and asked about his YC experience. It certainly made the idea of doing startups more real to me. (Sigh... working at a job-job these days, but still dreaming.) For those of you who are going this year - remember to talk to other people; meeting other like-minded hackers is part of the Startup School experience.

Raphael 19y ago

> Nowadays our team has exploded to a total of five. BOOM!