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Quite funny seeing as Reddit was YC-incubated and was clearly inspired by HN
by Torn 15y ago
Quite funny seeing as Reddit was YC-incubated and was clearly inspired by HN
- bleakgadfly 15y agoWikipedia says HN was created in 2007 and Reddit in 2005.
- steventruong 15y agoWhile Reddit was part of YC, it launched in 2005. HN didn't launch till 2007.
- bradleyland 15y agoAnd Reddit was created in 2005. And Digg was created in 2004. And Slashdot was created in 1997. And Usenet was created in 1980. And BBS was created in ... I don't quite know. Some time in the 70s? Establishing who came first is kind of missing the point. Mashable makes the mistake of assuming that because something looks similar, it is a "rip-off". The content is what makes a discussion site, not the layout or the software. HN can't be a "rip-off" of Reddit, because they were established for completely separate reasons.
- steventruong 15y agoI hope you're not trying to imply that I was saying that. I was merely directly responding to the poster above
- gazrogers 15y agoI just checked the wayback machine and Reddit appears first in mid 2005, HN in Feb 2007 (though the article with id 1 here seems to have been posted in October 2006). It's fair to say that Reddit wasn't inspired by HN.