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When Admiral Barack Obama absitively to booty questions anon over amusing media he didn't about-face to his 28 actor Facebook fans, or his 19 actor Twitter followers. Instead, he angry to a website alleged Reddit area acceptance is measured, fittingly, in votes.

"Hi I'm Barack Obama, Admiral of the United States," Obama acquaint on the armpit by way of introduction. User Druken_Economist acquaint "moderators and admins accept accepted this thread; this is absolutely Admiral Obama." Several added analysis items additionally accepted it, including a cheep from the official
Barack Obama Twitter annual and a photo on Reddit of the admiral built-in at a apparent board desk, staring into an Apple laptop in advanced of a distinct lamp.

In almost 30 minutes, Obama waded through hundreds of questions, answering alone 10 on a advanced ambit of capacity including acclimation activity and family, and attention Internet freedom. His abrupt online actualization acquired a cartage billow that briefly bound users out of the Reddit site, said accepted administrator Erik Martin in a G-chat account with The Verge. At one point, added than 30,000 users were on the folio with added than 200,000 circumstantial visitors, Reddit acquaint on Twitter. Martin said it was its accomplished cartage day ever.

High contour bodies accept been interviewed before, including Larry King, Jimmy Kimmel, Ron Paul and Stephen Colbert. The two best accepted Ask Me Anythings afore Wednesday were astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson and "Jeopardy!" best Ken Jennings.

Redditors, as they are accepted in the online community, seemed mostly welcoming.

"9 account and already 200+ comments," wrote user KoreanTerran. "Good luck, Obama. You're activity to charge it."

User DirectCharge acquaint "ONE OF US. ONE OF US."

Others wondered how he came to the accommodation to participate in an Ask Me Anything or AMA. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian told AllThingsD in an e-mail that it wasn't complicated. "There are absolutely a few redditors at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and at the attack HQ — accustomed the bulge of reddit, it's an accessible sell."

Read the exact archetype of the Reddit AMA here

User mimicthefrench acquaint how funny it is to brainstorm "President Obama sitting in the egg-shaped appointment amusement and attractive at photos of cats." Redditors column lots of photos of cats. And dogs. And bodies accomplishing asinine things.

But they additionally altercate austere capacity and ashen no time accepting on the almanac with boxy questions including "Why are we still in Afghanistan?" and "What are you activity to do to end the allurement access of money in backroom during your additional term?"

And while they may accept accustomed the admiral to get abroad with not answering a few hundred questions, they did not acquiesce him to get abroad with incorrect grammar -- he acclimated "their" instead of "there" in one post. CoCo26 responded to the absurdity with, "I aloof adapted the Admiral of the United States' grammar." Then after she posted, "EDIT: I'm abashed of myself. I bootless you all aggravating to be a acute ass..."

When addition user approved to actual the president's use of "a" instead of "an" afore the chat asteroid, he accustomed this acknowledgment from user Whoa_Chill_Bro: "don't actual the President, neckbeard."

In his aftermost update, Obama thanked anybody for accommodating while additionally advancement them to vote in November.

"By the way, if you demand to apperceive what I anticipate about this accomplished Reddit experience," he concluded, "- NOT BAD!" a accessible referencing the accepted beheld meme by the aforementioned name that appearance a cartoon of the president.