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I imagine the emotions at Reddit HQ must be all over the place for employees right now: - This is so cool, the President of the United States is going to use our website to answer questions! - OMG, the site is down and the President wants to use our site, fix this now!
I can't imagine this hasn't been negotiated by the White House ahead of time.
Not the future we were expecting, but I'll take it.
Can't wait for the top post to be another asinine "comment phrased as a question" about legalising marijuana! Joking aside, I predict disappointment. Reddit users will want hard-hitting answers, Obama will definitely not give them (already the internet freedom question has been fluffy-answered). In all honestly, no-one should expect anything else- the POTUS is not going to unveil new thoughts and strategies through R…
It will then be followed by a scurry of liberals saying the Republicans did it just to discredit Obama.
The reddit team must be absolutely shitting themselves right now under strain. How the hell do you accurately predict the load when the President is using your site?
Someone ask Obama how many war crimes he's committed.
That's the nice thing about reddit - if you care about a topic, you can make a post! Edit: To clarify, I think it's an excellent question. It's just very lazy of you to ask someone else to do it.
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demaney 69 points 28 minutes ago
For proof, did he send you a picture of him holding a dated index card? Or did the Secret Service land a helicopter on your house?
yishan 183 points 25 minutes ago
He faxed a copy of his birth certificate.
Can't wait for the top post to be another asinine "comment phrased as a question" about legalising marijuana! Joking aside, I predict disappointment. Reddit users will want hard-hitting answers, Obama will definitely not give them (already the internet freedom question has been fluffy-answered). In all honestly, no-one should expect anything else- the POTUS is not going to unveil new thoughts and strategies through R…
Why bother?
If you're wrong, your comment will seem too negative and cynical (which it is).
If you're right, well, that'd be disappointing, right?
Comments like yours make me want to rename this site Hater News.
I think it's particularly interesting to watch some internet event go "mainstream" and watch even large services like reddit strain under the load. Put some perspective around how many people true mainstream media services reach.
Weird... I am guessing that if Obama was going to be on Reddit, they would have given the Reddit staff some early notice, in order to add some extra preparations for the load. Or maybe not, does anybody know if there's any sort of normal protocol around this sort of thing?