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Witness History: The birth of Reddit

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The birth of Reddit

09/09/2020 GMT

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In 2005 two young graduates created one of the internet's most popular websites.

In 2005 two young graduates created one of the internet's most popular websites. They were Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian.

Steve Huffman had been programming software since he was eight-years-old. At the University of Virginia, he met his future business partner, Alexis Ohanian. The pair went on to found Reddit, a discussion website where anyone can post links, photos, videos or questions on all kinds of different topics. The website now has an online following of over 430 million users, who contribute to over 138,000 different communities. Robbie Wojciechowski has been speaking to Steve Huffman about how it all began.

Photo: The Reddit logo (Credit: Reddit)

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