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Reddit never seemed to have to bother trying to make any profit. They still haven't. Digg wanted to make money. If Conde hadn't bought Reddit, then it would l

Reddit never seemed to have to bother trying to make any profit. They still haven't. Digg wanted to make money. If Conde hadn't bought Reddit, then it would likely have been a far closer race. When your competition isn't interested in making money, you're always going to be at a major disadvantage.

antidaily 14y ago
I'm not so sure. Digg was pretty much already dead when that deal went through.
- mibbitier 14y ago
  Not how I remember it at all. At that time Digg was quite a bit larger than Reddit. Then later Digg decided to really push the revenue generation, and users fled to the obvious free alternative.
  - antidaily 14y ago
    2006 - You're totally right. My mistake.
staunch 14y ago
Reddit's burn rate was probably 2% of Digg's. That allowed them to not be as focused on short-term profit.
adventureful 14y ago
It's always tragic when the profit motive gets in the way of making good products that people want to use. Like in the case of Apple and the way it has made it impossible for them to make great products. Oh wait.