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View submission: Introducing r/popular
So was /r/popular an active subreddit before this or was it reserved ahead of time?
Comment by simbawulf at 15/02/2017 at 19:51 UTC
2151 upvotes, 9 direct replies
No, we actually had reserved that name many years ago :)
Comment by random_digital at 15/02/2017 at 20:02 UTC
43 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I'm off to grab /r/superpopular
Comment by speaklouderpls at 15/02/2017 at 19:43 UTC
7 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Is this like when someone buys a domain name of a company before they were in existence and get paid to hand over the site?
^^^...time ^^^to ^^^create ^^^lots ^^^of ^^^new ^^^subs ^^^with ^^^common ^^^names?
Comment by celsiusnarhwal at 15/02/2017 at 20:05 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Reserved, I assume. It was private before now, you'd get an "invites only" page if you tried to visit it.
Comment by skylarkfan at 15/02/2017 at 21:03 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Actually, little known fact, /r/popular was an active subreddit that is the subject of legendary popstar Chip Skylark's breakout hit "My Shiny Teeth and Me."