According to this comment, the founder of extreme left-wing Raddle.me used sock puppet accounts to populate the site.

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According to this comment, the founder of extreme left-wing Raddle.me used sock puppet accounts to populate the site. (old.reddit.com)

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So it had multiple founders?

Didn't know that either.

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I don't know if you can put it that way, but besides the main figure there were programmers who played a vital role. I have seen mentions to them but don't recall the details.

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Although shortly after he applogized and promised never to do it again, it clearly gives away how Reddit tends to handle criticism.

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