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Wasn't Reddit just a slight iteration on Digg? If Digg hadn't self-destructed then we might all still be using it instead of Reddit.

It seems like a lot of YC's success comes down to luck. They happened to be in the right position at the right time.

Not just YC's success. Most successes. This is one of the reasons it is dangerous to listen to advice from successful people.

This reminds me of the Anna Karenina principle: "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

Reddit actually wasn’t much of a financial success. The anecdote merely shows PG/Jessica were right the two founders could make big things.

Removing Reddit doesn’t materially change yc financials.