I might be wrong on this, but I don't think Reddit had the concept of subreddits back when HN was started (2007 I think? Where as Reddit started in 2005) EDIT:

I might be wrong on this, but I don't think Reddit had the concept of subreddits back when HN was started (2007 I think? Where as Reddit started in 2005) EDIT: Looks like Reddit created subreddits as early as 2006, so there goes that theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Reddit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Reddit Also relevant: https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/18/the-evolution-of-hacker-news/ https://techcrunch.com/2013/05/18/the-evolution-of-hacker-ne...