Reddit's cofounder Steve Huffman said in its early days he filled up most of the site with content using different accounts until it got more users.

Reddit’s cofounder said that at first the company felt like ‘a homework assignment that got out of hand’ rather than a business::Reddit’s cofounder Steve Huffman said in its early days he filled up most of the site with content using different accounts until it got more users.

  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Not everything has to be a buisness.

    This is the part that Silicon Valley doesn’t get. We can, do, and need good things that don’t make money.

    • tinkeringidiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      They need to make some money - infrastructure isn’t free, employees need paid, etc. they should be self sustaining.

      They don’t need to be 2009-Google profitable though. That pipe dream needs to end. 3-5% YoY growth is plenty.