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Online Marketing Company fishbat Addresses President Barack Obama, Who Encouraged Open Communication with Reddit in an AMA

​Obama opens his own AMA thread on Reddit, engaging Reddit users to ask him questions of all kinds. He responds to ten questions from the thread.

Obama opens his own AMA thread on Reddit, engaging Reddit users to ask him questions of all kinds. He responds to ten questions from the thread.

Bohemia, NY – September 03, 2012

On August 29, 2012, the Washington Post reported that President Barack Obama opened an Ask Me Anything thread on the social news site called Reddit. According to the Washington Post, Obama would answer questions Reddit users would post, enlightening them on his life and political initiatives. The article on the Washington Post’s website stated that popularity on Obama’s thread was high, supported by the high level of traffic on Reddit. The Washington Post would go on to report that Obama was the highest-profile person to ever take part in an AMA thread.

This event did not go unnoticed by Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian. “I was sitting in [the University of Virginia’s] Alderman Library when I came up with the name ‘Reddit,’” Ohanian told the Washington Post. “And I never could’ve imagined that seven years later, the president of the United States would be using it — let alone from the same place!”

“This would not be Obama’s first endeavor in the world of social media,” said Justin Maas, Vice President of Client Relations of fishbat, an online marketing company. “Obama has taken to Twitter and LinkedIn in the past, hosting town hall platforms for people to communicate with him. Reddit is, in essence, the world’s most constant conversation platform,” continues Maas. “It’s akin to casually speaking to a complete stranger on an elevator, only with a wider scope. Anything can be asked and there’s a very good chance that whoever is addressed, Obama or otherwise, will answer.”

fishbat, Inc. is a full service online marketing firm. Through social media management, search engine optimization (SEO), web design, and public relations, fishbat strives as a marketing firm to raise awareness about your brand and strengthen your corporate image.

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