I watched Screensavers in 2004 when Kevin Rose demonstrated the upvoting aka Digg up and down/bury.
Slashdot was around, but I don’t remember people commenting on getting votes except for the articles and the moderators were responsible for rating the comments.
Reddit founded June 23, 2005; 19 years ago.
DIGG founded November 2004; 20 years ago.
I watched Screensavers in 2004 when Kevin Rose demonstrated the upvoting aka Digg up and down/bury.
Slashdot was around, but I don’t remember people commenting on getting votes except for the articles and the moderators were responsible for rating the comments.