The real point for me is that Reddit is a far better website - it's just nicer to use.
If not a subreddit, is there any reason why Hacker News couldn't use a forked version of the open source Reddit code?
If not a subreddit, is there any reason why Hacker News couldn't use a forked version of the open source Reddit code?
For one, pg had created a new Lisp dialect (Arc) and wanted something to use it on; and - IIRC - HN came along before the Reddit code went OSS anyway. Although my memory could be betraying me on that latter point...