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I'm going to have to say it was two parts luck and ease of joining the conversation. You can create an account so easily (no email required) and that probably a

by leak 15y ago

I'm going to have to say it was two parts luck and ease of joining the conversation. You can create an account so easily (no email required) and that probably allowed a lot of people to chat about subjects that they would normally not put their name/identity on. That's my guess.

kn0thing 15y ago
My post from above pretty much sums up how reddit succeeded as far as I can tell: http://alexisohanian.com/how-reddit-became-reddit-the-smallest-biggest http://alexisohanian.com/how-reddit-became-reddit-the-smalle... The ridiculously low registration barrier is something PG has preached to all YC startups. It's great advice. I should also point out that reddit has achieved all of this growth without a single email notification, or tweet, or facebook like, or all of those things apps now do automatically (and we're for the most part OK with). I really didn't see that coming.