Reddit

Aug 14, 2015 ∞

What's better for free speech on reddit, saving a single thread or getting the whole site unbanned in Russia?

What’s better for free speech on reddit, saving a single thread or getting the whole site unbanned in Russia?

If the choice is between all of reddit remaining banned in most of Russia and IP-blocking access to one thread about mushrooms, I’d block access to the thread. I think there’s a far stronger “pro-free-speech” argument for restoring access to 99.99% of reddit for Russians rather than inciting a total ban by refusing to restrict access to a single post.

Photo by Kirill Vinokurov, from Wikimedia

Mar 6, 2013 ∞

How to Roll Your Own Multireddit

This is probably so awesome to me because only recently have I dusted off my Reddit account and started using the internet’s greatest link-sharing site in earnest.

Reddit is divided into “subreddits.” These are topic-based, like /r/Gaming and /r/Tumblr. It allows the growth of communities based on shared interests or disinterests.

Now all of that I knew, and you probably did, too. But what I recently found out is that you can append multiple subreddits to a URL to open them in a cocktail of sorts. So, if you want to view a mashup of Reddit entries about Philadelphia, technology, and burritos, just go to /r/philadelphia+technology+burritos.

The possibilities are endless, so use /r/Multireddit to browse what your fellow redditors have posted.

Aug 30, 2012 ∞

I am Barack Obama, President of the United States -- AMA

I am Barack Obama, President of the United States – AMA

His most vulnerable answer (in my opinion) was with regard to a question about his most difficult decision so far as President:

The decision to surge our forces in afghanistan. Any time you send our brave men and women into battle, you know that not everyone will come home safely, and that necessarily weighs heavily on you. The decision did help us blunt the taliban’s momentum, and is allowing us to transition to afghan lead - so we will have recovered that surge at the end of this month, and will end the war at the end of 2014. But knowing of the heroes that have fallen is something you never forget.

The session may have lasted only thirty minutes, and he may have only answered ten questions, but the President of the United States’ taking questions over Reddit will be seen by history as a bold and positive statement about the importance of the internet and its native communities.