President Obama is Hosting an AMA (Q&A) on Reddit
President Obama has opened himself up to an AMA on Reddit...
Alex Ohanian, co-founder of social media website Reddit, teased earlier today that there would be a "special AMA (Ask Me Anything)" via his Twitter feed.
Indeed, Ohanian's word proved true when President Barack Obama announced that he would be hosting an AMA on Reddit this afternoon at 4:30 PM EST. The Reddit thread is located here.
Reddit's AMA (Ask Me Anything) subreddit is a forum that operates exactly as the name of the subreddit suggests. 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.
Interestingly enough, President Obama's opted for the former, which may just be opening up a can of worms…

Anyone who thinks the president is sitting behind a desk answering these questions posted by reddit users is either retarded or 10. This is a marketing scheme just like twitter/facebook events etc..
On the plus side, at least the marketing firm working for Obama knows what reddit is, so even if the presidency is a little out of touch, the people they pay to make them look good aren't...
More like 100%, not that i was surprised.
I would be scared to if everything you ever said or did can be turned around on you. But you are right generic answers and avoidence of hot topics.
If you think the great Mormon flip-flopper actually cares about you, you're either a billionaire, or else you deserve what you're going to get. This election is proof that you'll never get to elect anybody the lobbyists don't approve of first.
Can't wait...
You'd be surprised on the average age of reddit users, and more or less its impact on social media.
Actual age and maturity are two different things. Reddit is a cesspool of stupidity and ignorance
I've never seen so many softballs thrown in all my life. I was pleased that he lied about Afghanistan (out by 2014...right, we'll still have bases there and soldiers stationed with contractors galore). If he would honestly answer any of the many questions about marijuana, NDAA and civilian drone bombings I would have respected him a hell of a lot more. These were all canned party answers.. and it quickly became a circle jerk on Reddit.
Still, it was cool that he was willing to sit down for an hour or so and look through them, especially considering how fast the site went down.
Actually, as a homebrewer this is relevant to my interests...