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How Reddit Got Obama

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Re: How Reddit Got Obama

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Post by sharkweek »

raldi wrote: post #6
sharkweek wrote: post #2

As much as I love it, Reddit has some pretty unsavory corners. Assuming this makes any news outside the tech space, I'd be curious to see what comes out -- "President Obama answering questions on website affiliated with necrophilia" ?

Seriously. That would be like the president having a Twitter account, or a telephone.

As popular as your former employer is, there's a pretty wide gap from reddit to owning a telephone -- Look how badly CNN misrepresented reddit; that's the level of understanding most people will have if someone who is essentially looking for a news story spins it that direction.

Re: How Reddit Got Obama

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Post by jonathanberger »

> "Not surprisingly, every answer he’s offered up so far has been studiously on-message."

This part was a bit disappointing. Part of the fun of an AMA is finding out the unexpected.

His one-liners about the Bulls or "NOT BAD" were my favorite parts.

Re: How Reddit Got Obama

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Post by dclowd9901 »

sharkweek wrote: post #11
raldi wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously. That would be like the president having a Twitter account, or a telephone.

As popular as your former employer is, there's a pretty wide gap from reddit to owning a telephone -- Look how badly CNN misrepresented reddit; that's the level of understanding most people will have if someone who is essentially looking for a news story spins it that direction.

Due to the enormous usage of Reddit, CNN's misunderstanding of Reddit made CNN look like the asses.

Re: How Reddit Got Obama

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Post by redthrowaway »

nl wrote: post #9

"Front page of the internet" was always an ambitious tagline. Reddit is living up to it now, though.

That comes straight from pg, as reddit was his idea. He sold it to Alexis and Steve as "the front page of the Internet", that is, a user-curated list of all of the most interest links out there. While it may be read as ambitious, it was originally just intended to describe what reddit was and how it worked. It was the precursor of the "AirBnB for lightbulbs" taglines that dominated pitches a couple years ago.

Re: How Reddit Got Obama

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Post by Clotho »

jonathanberger wrote: post #12

> "Not surprisingly, every answer he’s offered up so far has been studiously on-message." This part was a bit disappointing. Part of the fun of an AMA is finding out the unexpected. His one-liners about the Bulls or "NOT BAD" were my favorite parts.

It was like finding a paint by number in an art museum.

Re: How Reddit Got Obama

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Post by stfu »

leeskye wrote: post #13

I wonder if Romney will follow up with his own AMA

He should send Ann to do an AMA on ColbertNation and only questions regarding Rafalca and dressage should get answered. Would make some entertaining reverse trolling.
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