<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;duckduckgo.com&#x2F;about" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;duckduckgo.com&#x2F;about</a> says &quot;DuckDuckGo began as an idea&quot; on February 29, 2008, and on September 25, 2008 &quot;DuckDuckGo was announced to the Hacker News and reddit communities&quot;.<p>FWIW, here&#x27;s the original HN announcement - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=315142" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=315142</a> .