"A campaign staffer took a photo of the president, and [Teddy] Goff posted it on Reddit along with the headline "I am Barack Obama, President of the United States—AMA." … Obama dug in. He typed straight into Reddit, "Hey everybody—this is barack. Just finished a great rally in Charlottesville, and am looking forward to your questions." … The questions for Obama, simultaneously, were building up at an accelerating rate. Within ten minutes, there were 278 comments. By 4:15, before Obama had even answered just one question from users, Reddit's servers were sputtering."
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