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How is that Ohanian et al (or whoever was running the Reddit ship around Imgur's launch) weren't browbeaten by Conde Nast for letting another startup parasitica
by dipnuggetron 11y ago
How is that Ohanian et al (or whoever was running the Reddit ship around Imgur's launch) weren't browbeaten by Conde Nast for letting another startup parasitically use it as a host organism to sucessfully launch and scale? At some point in the future Imgur could be more valuable than Reddit.
- simonw 11y agoI get the impression that back then, nobody at Conde Nast really cared what those "weird reddit guys" were doing. The team was mostly just struggling just to keep the lights on.
- moreisee 11y agoYep, if I remember correctly, Imgur also started before the 'Digg Exodus', so reddit wasn't the biggest kid on the block yet.
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- calbear81 11y agoDuring the Yishan/Ellen saga, I had wondered whether or not they would shortlist Alan Schaaf for the CEO job given how well Imgur had done and the symbiotic nature between the two companies.
- zem 11y agosurely imgur is an epiphyte at worst (and a symbiont at best) rather than a parasite. its existence didn't cost reddit anything (other than perhaps an opportunity to do it themselves, which they could have at any time they wanted, and did not).
- flashman 11y agoBefore Imgur, it was hit-and-miss as to whether an image would load, either because the Imageshack etc would take it down for bandwidth reasons, or the host would get crushed under traffic load. Think about how many major subreddits exist because Imgur provides free, reliable hosting. Imgur allowed Reddit to scale its audience massively in quick, easy-to-digest content areas... and Imgur did that for Reddit for free. Can you imagine how much gratitude that would engender?
- dipnuggetron 11y agoThat's a good point re: cross-scaling. I guess it was a symbiotic relationship.