I was around at the time, but I went from /. and/or forums to nothing to reddit. I was also about 5-7 years late to reddit

What were the prevalent reddit like boards at the time doing such that reddit became popular?

  • jerry@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Digg was the main competitor. They updated so that it showed where the links were coming from, and so many were coming from reddit it started a mass-exodus. In retrospect, it was the beginning of the end. A cool nerd hangout got mass appeal.