Barack Obama's 'Ask Me Anything' Brings Down Reddit
Obama is a Redditor (and he probably has more comment karma than you).
When President Barack Obama ran for office in 2008, his campaign was different from anything we'd seen from other presidential candidates. His office leveraged social media tools, such as Twitter and Facebook, to engage with a younger generation of voters. When he assumed office, he launched his own YouTube channel and during his term he's hosted Google+ Hangouts and Twitter sessions. Yesterday, Obama took things up a notch with an AMA on Reddit. His Q&A was so popular that he crashed the site.
Reddit's AMA (Ask Me Anything) subreddit is a forum that allows individuals to host their own Q&A sessions. People can post AMAs, opening themselves up to any questions that Reddit users have, no matter how personal in nature. If they wish to limit questions to those of a less personal nature, then they can host AMAA (Ask Me Almost Anything) threads instead. Obama announced yesterday that he would be spending 30 minutes answering questions on the site and he didn't limit the questions users could ask.
Now 30 minutes isn't a lot. Indeed, Obama only answered 10 questions, and Reddit users asked thousands. In fact, The Verge reports that many users couldn't even access the site because it was overwhelmed with traffic. Despite growing popularity, the site has managed to maintain some of its obscurity. Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian branded it a 'huge day for Reddit.'
So, how did Obama find Reddit? According to the final update to his AMA post, Obama classed "this whole Reddit experience" as "NOT BAD!"
Reddit member Biinaryy compiled all the questions and answers in a single post.
"How do you balance family life and hobbies with, well, being the POTUS?"
"Who's your favourite Basketball player?"
"What is the first thing you'll do on November 7th, win or lose?"
"What was the most difficult decision that you had to make during this term?"
"What's the recipe for the White House's beer?"
I'm surprised no one asked what his favorite color was...
"How do you balance family life and hobbies with, well, being the POTUS?"
"Who's your favourite Basketball player?"
"What is the first thing you'll do on November 7th, win or lose?"
"What was the most difficult decision that you had to make during this term?"
"What's the recipe for the White House's beer?"
I'm surprised no one asked what his favorite color was...
Hopefully team republic eh?
But they were stupid questions about beer, basketball, and his family.
An intern would have better grammar. Have you ever listened to Obama talk without a teleprompter or aid helping him...Not the smartest guy in the world. He comes in right after Bush.
Have you read his answers or are you just talking out of your......
http://www.reddit.com/user/PresidentObama
Because when I read them, his grammar seemed quite good to me.
P.S.
To future Grammar Nazis, "He's" is a contraction of 'He' and 'is'.
This makes your initial sentence quite grammatically incorrect:
'He is also, surprisingly, has bad grammar.'
They did already, lol
He thinks we are more interested in him being "a guy just like the rest of us" instead of being someone that can solve the important problems facing his constituents.
This is why I don't respect politicians...
I totally have strong political opinions. Yep. But, I'm not going to share them here.
I hate politics.
He edited all his posts after being corrected. Yep, I'm aware. My phone auto corrected itself. This is why I made a second post, since you can't edit, stating the correction. Nice try Timmy
Can you explain the hundreds of billions of our tax dollars going to failing green energy companies, many which have direct interests of many politicians?
Why are you granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, especially since over 50% of them are on some sort of government assistance and crime among illegals is higher than ever?
How come there has been no investigation into the 22 Navy Seals killed on that slow moving, out of date helicopter?
You either knew the Muslim Brotherhood would take over Egypt, or you are too ignorant to have figured that out beforehand, which is it?
And...lol boxers or briefs????@@!!!???!!??
That is all for now.
Mr. President.. With record job losses not seen since the great depression, current unemployment rate still hanging around 8.2%, National debt reaching a staggering 16 TRILLION.. Do you view your presidency as a success??.... lol