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Andrew_Quentin on Jan 3, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to build a social entertainment website

Did PG fake start Hacker News?

astrofinch on Jan 3, 2011 | [–]

rms tells me that nickb was widely suspected to be a PG sockpuppet.

zackattack on Jan 3, 2011 | | [–]

Ah, this explains why Tara Ploughman has been referred to as nickb's wife.

dxq on Jan 3, 2011 | | [–]

I don't know, but that's how reddit got started.

dmoney on Jan 3, 2011 | | [–]

I'm guessing he just linked from one of his essays and it took off from there.

xatax on Jan 3, 2011 | | [–]

Didn't it start as a tool/gathering place/whatever for YC founders?

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