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minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoNo, Spez used fake users to make Reddit seem bigger than it was back when it started. He discusses this in an online course. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/reddit-founders-made-hundreds-of-fake-profiles-so-site-looked-popular/
minus-squareAustralianSimon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThanks for sharing, it seems like a standard strategy for back in the day when you didn’t have all the metrics investors seem to want now.
No, Spez used fake users to make Reddit seem bigger than it was back when it started. He discusses this in an online course.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/reddit-founders-made-hundreds-of-fake-profiles-so-site-looked-popular/
Thanks for sharing, it seems like a standard strategy for back in the day when you didn’t have all the metrics investors seem to want now.