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That comes straight from pg, as reddit was his idea. He sold it to Alexis and Steve as "the front page of the Internet", that is, a user-curated list of all of
by redthrowaway 14y ago
That comes straight from pg, as reddit was his idea. He sold it to Alexis and Steve as "the front page of the Internet", that is, a user-curated list of all of the most interest links out there. While it may be read as ambitious, it was originally just intended to describe what reddit was and how it worked. It was the precursor of the "AirBnB for lightbulbs" taglines that dominated pitches a couple years ago.
- ibelieveinx 14y agoThis comment confuses me.
- redthrowaway 14y agoAlexis and Steve applied for the first YC batch with a cell phone food idea that pg rejected. He told them that he liked them, but not the idea. He suggested instead that they build "the front page of the Internet". They did, and the rest is history. People have a tendency to think that phrase is somehow bragging, but it's really just what the original idea for reddit was. It's not about their size, but about the intended purpose of the site.
- derleth 14y ago> AirBnB for lightbulbs This statement exists in a Universe I don't inhabit, but would like to visit sometime.
- qohen 14y agoVisit it now on YouTube -- in under 2 minutes -- in "Shit Silicon Valley Says": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR8zFANeBGQ&feature=player_embedded https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR8zFANeBGQ&feature=play... "It's like AirBnB for Facebook games" "It's like Pandora for Cats" "Think of it like an Instagram for hamburgers" "Think of it as a Netflix for Youtube" All this and much, much more...