LA Times: Ron Paul agrees to answer Reddit users' questions
Rep. Ron Paul, the Internet darling during last year's Republican primaries, is returning to one of his most prominent stages: online social news site Reddit.
The Texas congressman will answer the top-voted questions submitted by Reddit users. The concept is similar to Digg Dialogg, a program run by Reddit's competitor, which has interviewed the likes of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Rep. John Boehner.
Whereas Digg's crowd-sourced questions have been somewhat juvenile (like the several begging for marijuana legalization), Reddit's so far appear to be fairly high-brow and hard-hitting. You can see a running list of questions for Paul, as well as vote on existing ones or submit your own if you have a site account.
Some are quite sophisticated and relevant to Paul, who is a medical doctor. "What's your stance regarding the patenting of an individual's DNA by a corporation?" one user asked.
Of course, Reddit, too, has its fair share of immature submissions. User anonthemouse writes about his visit to ...
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Digg sucks
Digg is like highschool
Reddit is like college
all i do is troll on Digg now since Digg = Reddit + 3 days
gee you are fast
I was just about to post this article good thing I took a look here first.
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Hehe, sorry about that :)
The top comments in reddit are surely not coming from RP supporters, there is a lot of hostility toward the good doctor backed up by a lot of misinformation, we need to make our voices heared over there
over 1200 questions so far
yes we need to step up and send a few.
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
-- Patrick Henry
Website:
http://www.libertypoet.com/
Twitter:
http://twitter.com/LibertyPoet
"How can we justify to the unemployed and underemployed in the United States the incredible cost of maintaining a global empire?" - Dr. Ron Paul