American social news aggregation website and discussion portal
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Videos Mentioning Reddit
Stanford AA274A Principles of Robotic Autonomy | Autumn 2019 | The Robot Operating System (ROS)
Stanford Online
A social news aggregation and discussion website, cited as an example of the publish-subscribe pattern in action through discussion threads.
Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #333
Lex Fridman
A social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website where questions for Andrej Karpathy were sourced.
Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA | Lex Fridman Podcast #331
Lex Fridman
Described as having a different cave and commons model due to subreddits and individual moderators, allowing for more localized norms.
Reduce Your Screentime (5 Simple Steps) | Cal Newport
Cal Newport
Mentioned as a social media site that can be modified by apps like Social Focus.
Kevin Systrom: Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #243
Lex Fridman
A social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website, noted for its strong group functionality and diverse communities.
Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #493
Lex Fridman
An online forum where gamers often complain about matchmaking systems, which Jeff Kaplan used to monitor player feedback.
Startup Investor School Day 1 Live Stream
Y Combinator
A YC-funded company in 2005, used as an example of a 'good idea that seemed like a bad idea' because many people initially dismissed it.
YC SUS: Michael Seibel and Eric Migicovsky discuss How to Launch an MVP
Y Combinator
A platform mentioned as an example of a user-generated content network that started by scraping and faced issues when it went down.
Kat Mañalac - How to Launch (Again and Again)
Y Combinator
A social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website. It's mentioned as an early platform used by Reddit itself to gain initial users and as a community for launching startups.
Balaji Srinivasan at Startup School 2013
Y Combinator
Cited as a simple example of opting out of traditional media consumption (like television) by engaging with alternative digital content.
50 Founders Share How They Got Their First Customers
Y Combinator
A platform used for outreach through direct emailing and posting waitlists, with one instance leading to close to a thousand sign-ups within 24 hours.
Stop Innovating (On The Wrong Things)
Y Combinator
Used as a counter-example to Dig, highlighting its success by focusing on being a social news site and not taking high-risk technology choices.
AI and the Future of Law: The 10 Year "Overnight" Success Story
Y Combinator
Used as an analogy for CaseText's early crowdsourced case law library, highlighting its user-driven annotation and voting system.
Startup Investor School Day 2 Live Stream
Y Combinator
A 'late-stage' company that Michael Seibel invested in, hoping it will continue to do well.
YC SUS: Eric Migicovsky hosts founder office hours
Y Combinator
A social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website, mentioned as a potential place to find target customers for WP Clover.
Introduction at Startup School NY 2014
Y Combinator
A social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website founded by the speaker and Steve Huffman.
David Rusenko at Startup School 2012
Y Combinator
A platform where students posted a Weebly website about an orphanage in Kenya, leading to over $100,000 in donations.
Work at a Startup Expo 2019
Y Combinator
A high-scale customer of LogDNA for logging infrastructure.
Female Founders Conference - New York
Y Combinator
A startup from Y Combinator's first batch of funded companies.
Office Hours with Kat Manalac
Y Combinator
A social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website. Alexis Ohanian is a co-founder.
How To Build The Future: Parker Conrad
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of a successful consumer-focused UGC platform from the same era as Parker Conrad's early ventures.
Four CEOs on the Future of AI: CoreWeave, Perplexity, Mistral, and IREN
All-In Podcast
A social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website, mentioned for its restrictive API access for AI agents.
Overcome Addictions and Obsessions of All Kinds | Dr. Anna Lembke
Andrew Huberman
A social media platform mentioned as a common source of digital media addiction.
Stanford CS193T Thinking with AI | Autumn 2026 | Managing Sources
Stanford Online
A social media platform where a user shared over 30 RPG Gemini Gems, highlighting the creative use of AI skills.