Quick summary - As K-Mart did to Sears, and then WalMart did to K-Mart, so Reddi...

tenebrisalietum · on June 5, 2023

- Reddit didn't do anything to Usenet. Reddit postdates Usenet's glory days by over a decade.

- Sears, a dying company, bought K-Mart, and they died together. K-Mart didn't do anything to Sears.

- Walmart didn't do anything to K-Mart except sell stuff cheaper and work on its supply chain. Wikipedia article says this: "Unlike its competitors Walmart and Target, Kmart failed to invest in computer technology to manage its supply chain."

I don't understand the analogy at all.

johannes1234321 · on June 5, 2023

I would argue that Facebook had a much bigger impact pulling users there.

As did multiple independent web forums (based on phpBB etc.) which allowed closed communities and moderation and we're more approachable for beginners.

bigbillheck · on June 5, 2023

Not entirely sure about your summary or your historical analysis there buddy.

jabroni_salad · on June 5, 2023

If we want to pin it to a single entity I would say one of these two:

AOL's CD mailers, or microsoft/apple including an http browser in their operating systems.

arbitrage · on June 5, 2023

Not really. Usenet was circling the drain a long time before Reddit was a gleam in Ohanian's eye.