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Someone notices, correctly evaluates the sites potential, and informs someone with enough power to do something about it. Reddit is bought by a large corporation. After many board meetings, marketing expert presentations, and analysis- they decide to run with the idea that it is "a little site run by some hip young people" even though they know that is the furthest thing from the truth.