Comments on: Own A Piece Of Reddit, Help Cure Cancer

By: More Breadpig Buzz: ROFLaptop and LOLmagnetz | the breadpig blog

More Breadpig Buzz: ROFLaptop and LOLmagnetz | the breadpig blog — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:50:11 +0000

[...] Gonzalez (former TechCruncher turned startup-guy) gave wrote on the auction and even remembered the first eBay-for-charity auction Steve and I did last [...]

By: Geeks For Charity: Signed XO Laptop Auction

Geeks For Charity: Signed XO Laptop Auction — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:38:13 +0000

[...] he’s auctioning off a laptop for charity (link). This time it’s an OLPC XO laptop (last time it was their Reddit laptops for curing [...]

By: alexis ohanian

alexis ohanian — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 06:26:08 +0000

to Francisco
I’m sorry to hear that. Thanks for for writing; I know this modest bit of fundraising will do little to end this terrible affliction, but I tell myself that every little bit helps.

to gettit
While I appreciate your cynicism, this decision was not motivated by a desire for personal exposure.

to Sam
You’re right, we’re not legends. You’ve undoubtedly read my disclaimer in the eBay listing: “Please hurry and bid before we fall even further into Internet obscurity!!!”

to Andrew
Yeah, I was in a bit of a rush and listed an AGP card as a PCI card. Whoops. He got his money back, but the blemish is still on my permanent record. Needless to say, I won’t be shipping the wrong laptops

By: Rb

Rb — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:42:19 +0000

I think there was 2 out of 24 that said “good job” without any other negatives

I will be the third

“Good Job guys” … -RB

By: Brendan

Brendan — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:12:38 +0000

I think it’s a great idea and I know that it has pure intentions.

By: Sally

Sally — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:22:00 +0000

Did it ever occur to the nay-sayers that they have picked raising awareness for this charity for personal reasons?

By: asd

asd — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:26:17 +0000

By: Michael Arrington

Michael Arrington — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:24:27 +0000

yeah…I agree with Jesse. Let’s get that blender guy to try to do a macbook pro.

By: Lex

Lex — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:51:51 +0000

I’m a reddit reader, but this is WTF’d. Musty laptops with the guys’ stickers on ‘em, and I’m supposed to care? Sam is right: they are not yet legends.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:15:24 +0000

Will it blend?

By: Del

Del — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:00:51 +0000

oh Sam, you are such an unhappy soul.

they can’t give over their VC money to a charity — they are bound by a contract forbidding them to do so

and reddit is (in many ways) better than digg… the major plus that reddit has over digg is the audience is at least 20 years older.

By: Francisco

Francisco — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:23:03 +0000

My brother has an incurable brain tumor, he is 32. Thanks for raising awarness on this topic!!

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:20:45 +0000

Who cares about these guys? They think they are legends. Hate to say it but reddit sucks! I’m never a hater, but this whole ebay bidding shit and whole web 2.0 look at me my company was sold bullshit so give me attention when i sell my laptop on ebay, believing that I am some U2 Bono is so stupid!
If they want to donate to a cause then why not just fork over some of their acquisition dollars?

By: Vincent

Vincent — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:43:12 +0000

Their intent seems solid – awareness for a not-for-profit, independent organization and 100% proceeds – seems win-win

By: gettit

gettit — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:31:06 +0000

Oh how I loathe that site. Not the idea necessarily, just the results. Nice cause, but really– it’s not that charitable. I bet the deduction after the premium they get for the exposure and charity will be close to what the cash value was. Altogether the story adds up to a solid ‘whatever’.

By: tech rant

tech rant — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:26:52 +0000

Buying some old apple laptops, fun!

Why the wheelchair?

By: Chee Kui

Chee Kui — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:24:07 +0000

Like what they say, it’s like owning a web 2.0

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:14:03 +0000

I bought the bandanna. It is sweet.

By: Heneric Osterguard

Heneric Osterguard — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:12:06 +0000

I hear Condé Nast is also looking into acquiring the video site http://xoinks.com as well. It looks like they are building up a nice empire.

By: Imme

Imme — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:11:33 +0000

Andrew wrote:
>>why were reddit founders selling a wheel chair?

Because they didn’t need it any more. Duh.

By: HAHAHAH

HAHAHAH — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:10:27 +0000

Check out funny catwalk model falls twice.

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By: Cindy (The 15 Minute Dating Blog)

Cindy (The 15 Minute Dating Blog) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:57:13 +0000

Cool, does it comes with Reddit’s source code in it?

By: Noah

Noah — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:38:21 +0000

Waste. Of. Space.

By: lawrence

lawrence — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:22:12 +0000

the founders listen to Creed – lol, that’s their inspirational music

what will it take to post my sticker on that notebook cover for everyone to see?

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:04:47 +0000

Now if they were Windows laptops…