diggと似たソーシャル･サイトreddit

インターネットで話題となっているものの概況が分かるdiggと似ているreddit。redditではポイントをkarmaと呼んでおり，karmaがたまるとリンクの順位が上がっていく。

As a couple of information junkies, Steve and I found ourselves with too many rss feeds and too many tabbed windows open every morning -- we wanted a front page we could go to every morning that was made for us. Del.icio.us/popular was definitely an inspiration, because it showed the potential of aggregation (I think I'm supposed to be calling this the Wisdom of Crowds), but we were after links that were more ephemeral than the reference material one usually bookmarks on del.icio.us. When we designed our cumulative point system, we called it karma, although it functions very differently from Slashdot's - it was definitely an inspiration (although, I suppose the Hindus deserve the real credit). We've been standing on the shoulders of giants all along the way -- inspired by some fantastic sites.

http://reddit.com/
http://www.philoneist.com/50226711/interview_with_alexis_ohanian_cofounder_of_redditcom.php