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Eating the core users that got you started is pretty much the playbook for almost every Internet site that tries to win the mainstream.
by mattgreenrocks 6y ago
Eating the core users that got you started is pretty much the playbook for almost every Internet site that tries to win the mainstream.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 6y agoAnd I believe Digg doing that was the start of Reddit?
- dotancohen 6y agoDo you remember Slashdot Beta? That got me into Reddit and HN.
- mattgreenrocks 6y agoIt was pretty bad, though I'd argue the bigger problem with Slashdot were the comment[er]s themselves. :)
- ragnese 6y agoReddit was fairly popular before Digg killed itself. I remember reading about the Digg exodus on Reddit.
- mattgreenrocks 6y agoYep. The same attitude and everything. What irks me is they're selling out their business to a userbase that is just as quick to ditch them when someone makes something that gives them a faster/strong hit of dopamine.
- dredmorbius 6y agoYahoo. Facebook.