President Obama does Q&A on Reddit, brings down entire site
Well Reddit certainly had a big day today; the social news platform, which originally launched as an alternative to Digg – but has since wildly overpassed the site in usage statistics – saw United States President Barack Obama stop by for a visit to do a Reddit iAMA – basically a Q&A session.
Both terms “Reddit” and “Barack Obama” became trending topics on Twitter today, while the overwhelming amount of interest in (The Verge reports that the site had over 200,000 concurrent users today) brought the site to its knees, rendering it totally unusable for a sizable length of time – some users are reporting still having issues accessing the site.
President Obama was fielded questions ranging from his position on the legalization of marijuana for recreational use, to his thoughts on SOPA and PIPA, to his favorite football team. (The New York Giants, by the way.)
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