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We Are the Nerds: The Birth and Tumultuous Life of Reddit, the Internet's Culture Laboratory
We Are the Nerds The Birth and Tumultuous Life of Reddit the Internet's Culture Laboratory Author:Christine Lagorio-Chafkin Reddit hails itself as "the front page of the Internet." It's the fourth most-visited website in the United States--and yet, millions of Americans have no idea what it is. — We Are the Nerds is a riveting look deep inside this captivating, maddening enterprise, whose army of obsessed users have been credited with everything from solving cold case... more » crimes and spurring tens of millions of dollars in charitable donations to seeding alt-right fury and landing Donald Trump in the White House. We Are the Nerds is a gripping start-up narrative: the story of how Reddit's founders, Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, rose up from their suburban childhoods to become millionaires and create an icon of the digital age--before seeing the site engulfed in controversies and nearly losing control of it for good.
Based on Christine Lagorio-Chafkin's exclusive access to founders Ohanian and Huffman, We Are the Nerds is also a compelling exploration of the way we all communicate today--and how we got here. Reddit and its users have become a mirror of the Internet: it has dingy corners, shiny memes, malicious trolls, and a sometimes heart-melting ability to connect people across cultures, oceans, and ideological divides.« less