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Growing Reddit - Web Development

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What it is

A short clip from Udacity's Web Development course in which Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman describes how Reddit grew early on. He explains seeding the site with content from fake accounts.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as a first-hand admission from a founder of how Reddit seeded content with fake users, in threads on bootstrapping user-generated sites.

  • 2 people recommended it
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  • first 2012, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Steve Huffman talks about this in his Udacity course on web development”

    Reddit co-founder explains how Reddit was built and seeded

    epsylon, 2014-06 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How do you start a website that requires user contribution?”

  2. “In this video Steve, co founder of Reddit, mentions some tips, steps they did”

    Reddit co-founder shares tips on seeding initial content

    mohsinr, 2017-11 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How do sites like Reddit, HackerNews, etc get initial user content?”

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Topics: reddit, steve huffman, fake accounts, cold start, startups

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