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?

  • bloodsangre7@lemmy.world
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    I know that was ~12 years ago, but to go from that to “we will continue to be profit-driven until we are profitable” is one hell of a character arc for a website

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      It’s actually a pretty common character arc, it’s just unusually blatant here.

      A different group took over, and money talks. That’s about it. That’s why if we want to maintain a non-corporate internet, decentralised social media are the only option available.

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      Let alone Aaron’s principals. He must be spinning so fast in his grave that we could probably solve the world’s energy needs.