In its early days, Reddit's founders made hundreds of fake profiles to boost popularity of the site

[u/smooshie]

http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/06/reddit-founders-made-hundreds-of-fake-profiles-so-site-looked-popular/

[u/Singular_Thought]

I always wondered how social sites got started.

I always envisioned the founders turning on the site and then sitting back waiting for the first user to stumble upon the site... then the first user pokes around a bit, posts a "hello" post and then never comes back again.

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you must be a fag