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Does anyone know the full background story on this? Every time I hear the story, it was mostly Alexis and Steve including the retelling of how they pitched PG.

Does anyone know the full background story on this? Every time I hear the story, it was mostly Alexis and Steve including the retelling of how they pitched PG. Where did Aaron fit in and how does that story go?

p4bl0 14y ago
There are more than one version of this story. Aaron's version is there: https://aaronsw.jottit.com/reddit https://aaronsw.jottit.com/reddit, here is Alexis' version: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AlexisOhanian/posts/HJz9Vd58Wtb https://plus.google.com/u/0/+AlexisOhanian/posts/HJz9Vd58Wtb and here is what Wikipedia says: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit#History.
ashraful 14y ago
I believe he was a part of Infogami (also funded by YC) and only later on joined reddit.
shrikant 14y ago
PG himself clarifies the situation here: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/1octb/reddit_cofounder_aaron_swartz_discusses_how_he/c1okmc http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/1octb/reddit_cof... (Not a 100% sure if that's the real Paul Graham though..)
acangiano 14y ago
He founded Infogami. The company was very ambitious but sadly went nowhere. He also authored web.py, a python web framework. Meanwhile Reddit switched from using Lisp to web.py. PG wanted to help Aaron out, so he suggested having him join Reddit. Reddit sold for a few million dollars shortly after. Aaron cashed in along with the founders for an undisclosed, but substantial, amount of money.