I think u/spez should be the first to do an AMA right here on lemmy.
“i single handed made lemmy grow 5000% AMA”
I’m sick to death of Reddit/spez salt and this still made me snort. Well done.
So talented
After his really disappointing AMA on reddit, I really don’t want him to do an AMA here.
Didn’t answer a single question. Just copy and pasted from an answer sheet for a few very, very easy questions, which were likely staged.
The fake AMA was actually the last straw for me.
I agree.
The API changes? Really not that big of a deal.
But, how it was handled, with the fake-ass “community” outreach? Followed by treating everyone as “noise” Yea. Fuck that guy.
I would pay money to watch that shit storm.
He’ll just answer 2 questions by shitting on and lying about the Apollo dev and then fuck off I reckon.
John Oliver
Yes! I’ll ask the first question: What’s your favorite r/pics post?
I’d ask him how creeped out his wife is by this whole thing.
John Oliver
That would be amazing, honestly. I know he is busy with the writers strike. It would be cool if he did an AMA about that on lemmy.
Linus Tech Tips guy, I think his name is Linus probably
Isn’t his name Linux?
I thought he was that hacker 4chan?
John Oliver. Just for the irony.
Can someone for the love of God explain the John Oliver meme to me? I don’t like his show so I’m out of the loop
Reddit was forcing subreddits to re open or face mod removal. /r/pics reopen but their new rule (as a form of protest) was only pictures of John Oliver.
Yeah…but why did they pick him?
Probably in the hopes that he would notice, which he did.
The fact that you have to mention you don’t like him (who the fuck cares) makes me think you aren’t really asking in good faith. His comedy/show often highlight bullshit and injustices in funny, ironic and meta ways and historically have encouraged disruptive protests that are ironic and silly but sort of make a good point. Such as, creating a real church to make fun/protest/highlight the fact that religions operate like corporations but don’t pay taxes. Subs could have picked anything silly to post, the point is to be rebellious and tongue in cheek while also making a point.
I was just explaining why I don’t watch his show
It’d be cool to see Technology Connections. He’s pretty active on Mastodon, I’ve seen him pop up in a thread here via there.
Also Louis Rossmann. He does AMAs like every other day on YouTube, he might be open to checking out another platform.
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does anyone actually care about AMAs? I thought they were glorified advertising lol. Also that’s a tough sell, what instance would you point them to, and how would you convince them they’d get good PR?
The casual AMAs were a lot better. I’d rather hear from someone who does taxidermy than an actor who only wants to promote their next film
They used to be good but they’re just PR now
They used to be organised by a talented individual, employed by reddit, who was great at drawing in more well known people, while still preparing and liaising with them so the event went smoothly. Then reddit fired them.
We should do an AmA with her!
That would actually be awesome!
It heavily varies by person. Some people give AMAs that make you question if the responses are even from the real person (“let’s just talk about Rampart”) but other people’s AMAs are really fascinating and feel like you’re getting a genuine answer to your question (pretty much any AMA that hit BestOf). Even if the AMA is only done for publicity purposes, it can still be interesting and that’s what really matters.
Some are fascinating, some are shitty. Even the train wrecks can be entertaining, Lil Durk and Gunna’s AMAs are personal favorites of mine
me 😊
Me. I just need to become famous first.
I mean you could become famous for doing the first AMA on lemmy…
Richard Stallman
