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When looking up Digg on wikipedia I found this gem: Alexis Ohanian, founder of rival site Reddit, said in an open letter to Rose: this new version of di

When looking up Digg on wikipedia I found this gem: Alexis Ohanian, founder of rival site Reddit, said in an open letter to Rose: this new version of digg reeks of VC meddling. It's cobbling together features from more popular sites and departing from the core of digg, which was to "give the power back to the people." Apparently nobody can resist the allure of VC meddling.

tough 4y ago
Funny both Alexis is a VC now, and he actually invested in kevin's NFT 10k PFP (Moonbrids) The Reddit Mafia
- notatoad 4y ago
  reddit basically became everything the founders mocked when they first started it. https://sp.reddit.com/reddit2.html https://sp.reddit.com/reddit2.html
  - tough 4y ago
    That's why you never sell yourself as the hero, Or you'll just wait long enough to become the villain
  - jefftk 4y ago
    But modern reddit isn't really very similar to what they're mocking? Here's the joke mockup: https://sp.reddit.com/reddit2mockup.jpg https://sp.reddit.com/reddit2mockup.jpg Open reddit now and there's no silly unusable tag clouds, no top-of-page ads, no 3rd-party ad serving, no gradients, no overdone logo, no tagline, no allcaps headings, no giant voting arrows...
    - bigcloud1299 4y ago
      Let’s admit modern Reddit is probably half porn and only fans site. I don’t have quantifiable data but the way I see people on Twitter complain about porn on Twitter. I can only assume.
      - jefftk 4y ago
        That's even farther from "basically became everything the founders mocked when they first started it"!
    - SilverBirch 4y ago
      The specifics are different but the trend is the same. Most HN posts from Reddit are old.Reddit.com, you try and view a Reddit page on mobile? Screw you, download the app.they’re doing the exact same thing digg did, the trends are just a decade later.
  - satvikpendem 4y ago
    Well, this happens for every service over time, as companies decide to put profit over their users: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/enshittification https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/enshittification

tough 4y ago

Funny both Alexis is a VC now, and he actually invested in kevin's NFT 10k PFP (Moonbrids) The Reddit Mafia

notatoad 4y ago
reddit basically became everything the founders mocked when they first started it. https://sp.reddit.com/reddit2.html https://sp.reddit.com/reddit2.html
- tough 4y ago
  That's why you never sell yourself as the hero, Or you'll just wait long enough to become the villain
- jefftk 4y ago
  But modern reddit isn't really very similar to what they're mocking? Here's the joke mockup: https://sp.reddit.com/reddit2mockup.jpg https://sp.reddit.com/reddit2mockup.jpg Open reddit now and there's no silly unusable tag clouds, no top-of-page ads, no 3rd-party ad serving, no gradients, no overdone logo, no tagline, no allcaps headings, no giant voting arrows...
  - bigcloud1299 4y ago
    Let’s admit modern Reddit is probably half porn and only fans site. I don’t have quantifiable data but the way I see people on Twitter complain about porn on Twitter. I can only assume.
    - jefftk 4y ago
      That's even farther from "basically became everything the founders mocked when they first started it"!
  - SilverBirch 4y ago
    The specifics are different but the trend is the same. Most HN posts from Reddit are old.Reddit.com, you try and view a Reddit page on mobile? Screw you, download the app.they’re doing the exact same thing digg did, the trends are just a decade later.
- satvikpendem 4y ago
  Well, this happens for every service over time, as companies decide to put profit over their users: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/enshittification https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/enshittification