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StumbleUpon was first, why Reddit won? Can you tell me examples of what good decisions Reddit founders made?
by dandare 8y ago
StumbleUpon was first, why Reddit won? Can you tell me examples of what good decisions Reddit founders made?
- ttul 8y agoReddit started out with a nerdy community that bootstrapped excellent content. They added features slowly, focusing on quality and the moderation system. The idea of sub-Reddits allowed groups to form, each with its own “rules” to ensure the site remained useful to everyone as it grew.
- bluntfang 8y agoDopamine manipulation via comment karma.
- jedberg 8y agoI think it had to do with curation. With SU, it was totally random, but with reddit, you got a list of stuff other people liked. And in fact, the SU functionality is part of reddit: http://reddit.com/random http://reddit.com/random