Reddit was founded without any knowledge of Digg. I'm not sure that removing Kevin Rose from our timeline has a material impact on how we consume news in 2011,

Reddit was founded without any knowledge of Digg. I'm not sure that removing Kevin Rose from our timeline has a material impact on how we consume news in 2011, except by dumping Digg's user base into Reddit that much sooner. > It is arguable that he invented the very social-news-voting system we are using on HN. Given that Reddit was a Y Combinator company, my strong suspicion is that HN took its inspiration from sources other than Digg. > Edit: And I do not mean to be rude, but how does your contribution to the internet compare to his? My contribution is immaterial to the discussion. Pointing out that Kevin Rose does much better work as an internet celebrity than as a business leader would remain true (or false) whether I'm Danilo Campos or Vinton Cerf.