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Julian Assange AMA on Reddit
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- pestaa 12y agoMany Redditors seem to lack patience. Calling it the worst AMA because there are not many answers after 20 minutes is really impolite. Sometimes I need more time just to write a two sentence email reply. Give Julian the time he needs.
- gedrap 12y agoI think it's smart to wait a bit before replying, because there are more comments posted every minute than you can possibly read. So just let the up/down votes filter out the rubbish.
- Shivetya 12y agoThere are many inherent expectations of anyone who offers to participate in an AMA. Some who agree to participate do not understand or fully understand what they are walking into, then there are those who think they are being gracious just by participating. Hence the reactions you see. A few returning AMA guest do become quite adept at knowing what is safe to answer and how to filter chaff
- Rudism 12y agoI usually wait for the interesting AMAs to show up on /r/tabled before I even bother looking at them. Much cleaner way to go through them and avoid the clutter.
- joshschreuder 12y agoSee also http://www.topiama.com/ http://www.topiama.com/ which I think was done by a HN member here.
- zedadex 12y agoAah, presented in a nice Q+A format and everything. Cheers.
- antidaily 12y agoWell, the answers have been pretty boring so far. IMO.
- malkia 12y agoWoody Harrelson's AMA must be the worst all time - http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/p9a1v/im_woody_harrelson_ama http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/p9a1v/im_woody_harrels...
- salemh 12y agoAt least it was theoretically Woody. The Morgan Freeman was one of the more confusing: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1c5zxh/i_am_morgan_freeman_ask_me_anything http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1c5zxh/i_am_morgan_fre... Mods response: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1c823w/meta_ask_us_anything_about_yesterdays_morgan/ http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1c823w/meta_ask_us_any...
- 4lph4_D4wg 12y agoReddit is an awful place full of awful rules and awful people and plenty of censorship and manipulation of topics and comments , manipulated by real people and also bots they have created to monitor conversations. They shadow ban topics and comments to create an illusion of fair conversation. They have the collective ego of being relevant but are nowhere near the level of facebook or twitter or instagram. Or even Yahoo news. They are just an annoying little site that keeps popping up like that poop that just won't flush , that's reddit , the shit that won't flush , reddit is about as relevant as myspace. AMA seems to be the last grasp that reddit has , and why do you need reddit for that ?
- chunkstuntman 12y agoReddit is wonderful for fostering fringe communities and inspiring others to become a part of a subculture, whatever it might be. If you're comparing it to fb, tw, or ig, you've already missed the point of its existence.
- malka 12y agoAgreed. For me the whole point of reddit is that there is a subreddit for (almost ?) every subject you can think of.
- freefolk 12y agoApparently Reddit is relevant enough to have gotten you to hijack the comment thread for a political story so you could post a critique. You're bitter at something so you're lashing out. It will pass.
- steveklabnik 12y agoYou do know Hacker News shadow bans users, has a list of certain domains that are outright banned, and has a moderation team that occasionally kills stories, right?
- digitalengineer 12y agoIs the list of banned domains public? I'd love to know what is ban-worthy on HN.
- 01Michael10 12y agoI want to ask him if he is bitter at all that Edward Snowden is more popular now and he is yesterday's news. But I won't...
- doe88 12y agoHe replied a related question [1] and seems to be quite supportive of Ed Snowden. [1] http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/28js8v/i_am_julian_assange_publisher_of_wikileaks_ask_me/cibko0g http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/28js8v/i_am_julian_ass...
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- Kiro 12y agoI can't find a single question about the rape accusations. Am I blind, are moderators removing them or are people simply not interested?
- doe88 12y agoYou're wrong http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/28js8v/i_am_julian_assange_publisher_of_wikileaks_ask_me/cibkmwt http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/28js8v/i_am_julian_ass...
- Tomte 12y agoThey are few and far between, but this is a gem: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/28js8v/i_am_julian_assange_publisher_of_wikileaks_ask_me/cibld0z http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/28js8v/i_am_julian_ass...
- pionar 12y agoAm I the only one that finds Assange to be just an absolute self-centered ass? He's trying to turn himself into a cult leader, and runs his own "justice" site[0]. He's manipulative and just leaves a sour taste in my mouth. [0] - http://freeassangenow.org/ http://freeassangenow.org/
- TallGuyShort 12y agoHe comes off that way to me as well, but I still really support some of the initiatives he's worked towards. To a lesser extent, I find RMS to have similar traits. Some of his statements carry quite the air of arrogance and self-importance, but I think he's done enough for caused that I really believe in that I'll always listen to what he has to say regardless of personality.
- foobarqux 12y agoCan you substantiate any of that with evidence?
- 3rd3 12y agoSincere question: Why do HN people flag this off the frontpage, because of reddit or because of Assage?