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President Obama taking questions on Reddit

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Child_Plz, Aug 29, 2012.

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  1. Child_Plz

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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>
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  2. rolyat93

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    Reddit just crashed, lulz.
     
  3. Harrisment

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    Yeah I can't load any of the comments.
     
  4. rawool

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    Lol, site is getting hit hard. At least my day will be productive now.
     
  5. senter

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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
     
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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>
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  7. AMS

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    Someone quick, ask him if he can name even one Houston Rockets player not named Jeremy Lin.
     
  8. Mr. Brightside

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    What is Reddit? I heard just now that the site might give you viruses.
     
  9. droopy421

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    Ömer Aşık ;)
     
  10. underoverup

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    Annnnnnnnd it's gone.
     
  11. 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. AMS

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    unless you start going to certain subreddits and random links on there.
     
  13. rolyat93

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    10,000 questions asked, currently at +10,000 upvotes, all this in under an hour.
     
  14. macalu

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    i've seen the acronym AMA before but never figured what it stood for. what is it?
     
  15. senter

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    AMA = Ask Me Anything
    IamA = I am a ________, ask me anything
    AMAA = Ask me almost anything
     
  16. 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. KingCheetah

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    ****_****_****'s question was awesome -- that's going to get mega karma.
     
  18. Hammer755

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    Really? I would think the average joe has absolutely no idea what Reddit even is.
     
  19. 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.
     

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