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Quick summary - As K-Mart did to Sears, and then WalMart did to K-Mart, so Reddit has done to Usenet.
by EwanG 3y ago
Quick summary - As K-Mart did to Sears, and then WalMart did to K-Mart, so Reddit has done to Usenet.
- tenebrisalietum 3y ago- Reddit didn't do anything to Usenet. Reddit postdates Usenet's glory days by over a decade. - Sears, a dying company, bought K-Mart, and they died together. K-Mart didn't do anything to Sears. - Walmart didn't do anything to K-Mart except sell stuff cheaper and work on its supply chain. Wikipedia article says this: "Unlike its competitors Walmart and Target, Kmart failed to invest in computer technology to manage its supply chain." I don't understand the analogy at all.
- bigbillheck 3y agoNot entirely sure about your summary or your historical analysis there buddy.
- johannes1234321 3y agoI would argue that Facebook had a much bigger impact pulling users there. As did multiple independent web forums (based on phpBB etc.) which allowed closed communities and moderation and we're more approachable for beginners.
- arbitrage 3y agoNot really. Usenet was circling the drain a long time before Reddit was a gleam in Ohanian's eye.
- jabroni_salad 3y agoIf we want to pin it to a single entity I would say one of these two: AOL's CD mailers, or microsoft/apple including an http browser in their operating systems.