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03-27-2014, 02:30 PM
7 Reddit AMAs That Went Horribly Wrong
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Before you say "ask me anything," you should really mean anything.
That's one of the many life lessons Reddit (http://mashable.com/category/reddit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) has taught us. The online community and self-proclaimed "front page of the Internet" has created a popular ****** called "Ask Me Anything," a Q&A format hosted by celebrities, activists, regular citizens with interesting stories and more.
See also: A Reddit Mystery Solved: The Identity of 'Shitty_Watercolour' (http://mashable.com/2014/03/12/shitty-watercolour-profile/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Users of the site are invited to engage with AMA hosts, but sometimes things don't go so well. The AMA format is a demanding, open forum and questions will truly run the gamut. If you aren't willing to answer a bevy of random queries thoughtfully, you aren't going to do well. Bad Reddit AMAs have even been the topic of a thread (http://www.reddit.com/r/amadisasters) on the site itself, where users gripe about the worst Q&A sessions in the site's history. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/27/worst-reddit-amas/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Reddit (http://mashable.com/category/reddit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Celebrities (http://mashable.com/category/celebrities/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Features (http://mashable.com/category/features/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Ama (http://mashable.com/category/ama/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/NBRzUD1JlbE
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Before you say "ask me anything," you should really mean anything.
That's one of the many life lessons Reddit (http://mashable.com/category/reddit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) has taught us. The online community and self-proclaimed "front page of the Internet" has created a popular ****** called "Ask Me Anything," a Q&A format hosted by celebrities, activists, regular citizens with interesting stories and more.
See also: A Reddit Mystery Solved: The Identity of 'Shitty_Watercolour' (http://mashable.com/2014/03/12/shitty-watercolour-profile/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Users of the site are invited to engage with AMA hosts, but sometimes things don't go so well. The AMA format is a demanding, open forum and questions will truly run the gamut. If you aren't willing to answer a bevy of random queries thoughtfully, you aren't going to do well. Bad Reddit AMAs have even been the topic of a thread (http://www.reddit.com/r/amadisasters) on the site itself, where users gripe about the worst Q&A sessions in the site's history. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/27/worst-reddit-amas/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Reddit (http://mashable.com/category/reddit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Celebrities (http://mashable.com/category/celebrities/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Features (http://mashable.com/category/features/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Ama (http://mashable.com/category/ama/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/NBRzUD1JlbE