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How would you explain reddit's success, compared to digg? Reddit was basically developed by 2 people and has never had more than 3 devs behind it.
by iwwr 15y ago
How would you explain reddit's success, compared to digg? Reddit was basically developed by 2 people and has never had more than 3 devs behind it.
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- earle 15y agothey listen to their users
- dpritchett 15y agoAlso they had a hacker cofounder. AFAIK Digg was built in PHP on a contract from its TV personality founder.
- ojbyrne 15y agoI was a cofounder up until the point where money was being taken off the table. From then on I was characterized as a freelancer/someone who developed a prototype.
- dpritchett 15y agoThat latter part is indeed the story I'd heard. I hope you've found something awesome now.
- ojbyrne 15y agoI appreciate the good wishes. I'm on my 4th job post-digg - some of it has been awesome, some not so much. Currently at Gazehawk, which is awesome.
- kn0thing 15y agoI wrote about this, actually: http://alexisohanian.com/how-reddit-became-reddit-the-smallest-biggest http://alexisohanian.com/how-reddit-became-reddit-the-smalle... spoiler: It's not just because of the logo
- dpritchett 15y agoI think it's all about style. The user-run subreddits, the spartan UI, the information density packed into a seemingly-simple thread view. Love it.
- codeonfire 15y agoreddit has a higher density of news items per page, so its upvote system is more efficient. Reddit has twice the items in the same screen real estate. Digg was also overrun by children who posted low quality one-liner posts. Neither sites are very innovative or difficult to develop.
- huuhuu 15y agoTo be fair, reddit also has its share of low quality one-liner posts.
- maximusprime 15y agoIs Reddit profitable yet?