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President Obama taking questions on Reddit

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  1. Child_Plz

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    #1 Child_Plz, Aug 29, 2012
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>President Obama is answering your questions in a <a href="https://twitter.com/search/?q=%23Reddit"><s>#</s><b>Reddit</b></a> AMA, starting right now: <a href="http://t.co/f00rEdkn" title="http://OFA.BO/nNoMPG">OFA.BO/nNoMPG</a>, <a href="http://t.co/Q5gWHTTM" title="http://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/240909486234161152/photo/1">twitter.com/BarackObama/st…</a></p>&mdash; Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/240909486234161152" data-datetime="2012-08-29T20:31:12+00:00">August 29, 2012</a></blockquote>
    <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
     
    #2 Child_Plz, Aug 29, 2012
  3. rolyat93

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    Reddit just crashed, lulz.
     
    #3 rolyat93, Aug 29, 2012
  4. Harrisment

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    Yeah I can't load any of the comments.
     
    #4 Harrisment, Aug 29, 2012
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    Lol, site is getting hit hard. At least my day will be productive now.
     
    #5 rawool, Aug 29, 2012
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    I don't know how their automatic downvoting balance system works but I would have to imagine that this has the potential to be one of the highest upvoted threads in reddit's history
     
    #6 senter, Aug 29, 2012
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    <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>As part of his economic recovery package, Obama decided today to take down Reddit, immediately increasing US productivity by 23%</p>&mdash; MicahGoulart (@micahgoulart) <a href="https://twitter.com/micahgoulart/status/240912401766178817" data-datetime="2012-08-29T20:42:47+00:00">August 29, 2012</a></blockquote>
    <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
     
    #7 rawool, Aug 29, 2012
  8. AMS

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    Someone quick, ask him if he can name even one Houston Rockets player not named Jeremy Lin.
     
    #8 AMS, Aug 29, 2012
  9. Mr. Brightside

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    What is Reddit? I heard just now that the site might give you viruses.
     
    #9 Mr. Brightside, Aug 29, 2012
  10. droopy421

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    Ömer Aşık ;)
     
    #10 droopy421, Aug 29, 2012
  11. underoverup

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    Annnnnnnnd it's gone.
     
    #11 underoverup, Aug 29, 2012
  12. rolyat93

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    It's basically a newer version of Digg. I've been visiting for years and I've never had any viruses.
     
    #12 rolyat93, Aug 29, 2012
  13. AMS

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    unless you start going to certain subreddits and random links on there.
     
    #13 AMS, Aug 29, 2012
  14. rolyat93

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    10,000 questions asked, currently at +10,000 upvotes, all this in under an hour.
     
    #14 rolyat93, Aug 29, 2012
  15. macalu

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    i've seen the acronym AMA before but never figured what it stood for. what is it?
     
    #15 macalu, Aug 29, 2012
  16. senter

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    AMA = Ask Me Anything
    IamA = I am a ________, ask me anything
    AMAA = Ask me almost anything
     
    #16 senter, Aug 29, 2012
  17. RedRedemption

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    Obama is definitely the coolest president of all time now.
    This is how you get votes people, this is how you connect with the average joe.
     
    #17 RedRedemption, Aug 29, 2012
  18. KingCheetah

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    ****_****_****'s question was awesome -- that's going to get mega karma.
     
    #18 KingCheetah, Aug 29, 2012
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    Really? I would think the average joe has absolutely no idea what Reddit even is.
     
    #19 Hammer755, Aug 29, 2012
  20. RedRedemption

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    Alright, I admit the average joe may be technologically deficient and not know how to work the internet...
    but he's not appealing to a small demographic either. The average redditor is in his mid-20s and most of them fall in the lowest income bracket.

    In either case he just won a hell of a lot of votes.
     
    #20 RedRedemption, Aug 29, 2012
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