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The truth about Reddit is that it's a clone of Digg, and Digg was a clone of Slashdot. Hacker News is a clone of Slashdot too. Just giving credit where credit

The truth about Reddit is that it's a clone of Digg, and Digg was a clone of Slashdot. Hacker News is a clone of Slashdot too. Just giving credit where credit is due.

wslh 13y ago
They are technical clones but not social clones. The technical part in some way is irrelevant.
- jbooth 13y ago
  It's a mix, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_medium_is_the_message http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_medium_is_the_message Certain commenting schemes lend themselves to "loudest retard gets most visibility" and some attempt to steer towards the opposite.
  - mtowle 13y ago
    >FIRST
trustfundbaby 13y ago
> The truth about Reddit is that it's a clone of Digg Categorically false http://mixergy.com/no-reddit-didnt-copy-digg-heres-how-it-was-built-with-alexis-ohanian/ http://mixergy.com/no-reddit-didnt-copy-digg-heres-how-it-wa...