How Reddit's Founders Faked Their First Year of Users
What if the biggest social media platform started with zero real users? Reddit's founders spent an entire year talking to themselves through hundreds of fake accounts, posting links and comments to create the illusion of a thriving community. In this episode, Alex Romano breaks down the psychology behind why this brilliant deception worked so well. 🎯 What You'll Learn: • How Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian created hundreds of fake personas, each with distinct posting styles and interests • Why Y Combinator's Paul Graham told them to fake it until 1,000 real users showed up (and why that…
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