After Paul Graham wrote that essay and linked to Reddit, is it the moment where it took off? That was the moment when we started getting real traffic. I remember that day. It was in August is when we started get real users. And so that's when Reddit was really born, I think.
With $12,000 and a mascot named Snoo, two former college roommates designed a web site they hoped would become "the front page of the Internet." Today, despite growing pains, personal issues and persistent trolls, Reddit has over 300 million monthly users and is valued at 1.8 billion dollars. Recorded live in San Francisco.
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