Flinstoning can be thought of as a spectrum: Fully manual, human-powered efforts Hybrid, where software suggests actions to take, but people are in the loop Automated, powered by algorithms A fully manual version of Steve Huffman’s Reddit launch would have been to submit links by hand, and to hire a team of contractors to create content. That was effectively what Steve did himself at the beginning. It might seem inefficient, but companies like Yelp and Quora relied on employees and other staff to build their library of reviews and Q&A respectively, so it can be done. And as I mentioned
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