How Y Combinator Helped Shape Reddit

by mattculbreth on 9/27/2007, 12:44 PM with 11 comments
  • by dfranke on 9/27/2007, 6:05 PM

    Was the change in the Reddits' idea really as complete as it's portrayed here? I've heard this story told before, but I always got the impression that Reddit was a variation on the theme of the original idea, not a complete change.

  • by nickb on 9/27/2007, 3:10 PM

    YC has wonderful PR! pg, care to quickly tell us how you guys manage to get into Time, BW, WSJ etc? Do you have someone doing PR for YC companies? How does it happen?

  • by mattculbreth on 9/27/2007, 3:09 PM

    Really seems like from this and from other things I've read that Reddit was either PG's idea or was very heavily inspired by him. That true PG?

  • by on 9/27/2007, 3:06 PM

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  • by drm237 on 9/27/2007, 5:24 PM

    For more info from the reddit guys, check out http://reddit.blogspot.com/2007/09/posterboys-for-yc-emphasi...

  • by Alex3917 on 9/27/2007, 2:07 PM

    Looks like YC just got a little more ultracompetitive.

    /Just the way I like it.