[epa]

One of the major reasons reddit became popular initially is because of Digg. Digg had content that was 2-3 days older than reddit (many posts from Reddit got reposted to Digg). Once people started figuring that out, combined with the Digg censorshop scandal(1), reddit took off.

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AACS_encryption_key_controvers...

[sys_64738]

This. Was thinking that all the Reddit regulars of yester-decade were originally from Digg myself.