That was true back then. Nobody could foresee that Reddit would get acquired, and Digg would swing for the fences and fail. Among other things Digg got overly

That was true back then. Nobody could foresee that Reddit would get acquired, and Digg would swing for the fences and fail. Among other things Digg got overly ambitious, and took what turned out to be too much funding in the subsequent years. In the meantime, Reddit was growing organically under Conde Nast without the pressure of VCs looking for a return. Digg was forced to take big risks, and we know how it turned out.