I'm not sure if you were just using "digg" and "newsvine" as examples, or if you think they actually were aiming to be competitors. Reddit launched in 2005. N

I'm not sure if you were just using "digg" and "newsvine" as examples, or if you think they actually were aiming to be competitors. Reddit launched in 2005. Newsvine launched in 2006. The Reddit founders also didn't know Digg existed when they launched. Given the state of Digg and I don't believe Newsvine has been doing particularly well, maybe Reddit has it right.