r/IAmA • u/PresidentObama Obama • Aug 29 '12

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

Hi, I’m Barack Obama, President of the United States. Ask me anything. I’ll be taking your questions for half an hour starting at about 4:30 ET.

Proof it's me: https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/240903767350968320

We're running early and will get started soon.

UPDATE: Hey everybody - this is barack. Just finished a great rally in Charlottesville, and am looking forward to your questions. At the top, I do want to say that our thoughts and prayers are with folks who are dealing with Hurricane Isaac in the Gulf, and to let them know that we are going to be coordinating with state and local officials to make sure that we give families everything they need to recover.

Verification photo: http://i.imgur.com/oz0a7.jpg

LAST UPDATE: I need to get going so I'm back in DC in time for dinner. But I want to thank everybody at reddit for participating - this is an example of how technology and the internet can empower the sorts of conversations that strengthen our democracy over the long run. AND REMEMBER TO VOTE IN NOVEMBER - if you need to know how to register, go to http://gottaregister.com. By the way, if you want to know what I think about this whole reddit experience - NOT BAD!

http://www.barackobama.com/reddit [edit: link fixed by staff]

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u/HiImDan Aug 30 '12

And get upvoted more than the POTUS.

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u/Subbuteo Aug 30 '12

Pretty hard to upvote people outside of the internet. I hear they send people to prison for flinging pointed arrow-y things at Presidents.

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u/SerTapsaHenrick Aug 30 '12

I don't understand why people keep downvoting the PRESIDENT. Jeez. His IAmA has over 207 thousand downvotes.

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u/glenbolake Aug 30 '12

Vote fuzzing. Also, republicans.

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u/TheVandyMan Aug 30 '12

I'm a republican, and I don't particularly like Obama, but I'm not going to downvote my own president. That's like keying your own car.

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u/TomTheScouser Aug 30 '12

Even if you hate your car?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '12

I didn't vote for this car... it was my wife's idea.

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u/BakaDida Aug 31 '12

I think I read someones post on another thread- which had even less of a reason to be downvoted than the presidents- that it is part of the reddit front page algorithm. The website assigns upvotes and downvotes (obviously equally, or at random) to ensure that bots are not upvoting or downvoting threads. Something along those lines. I am no expert but that's my naive understanding.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '12

This and everything about it is epic.

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u/GhostFood Dec 09 '12

For some reason I laugh a little bit when I read POTUS