r/IAmA
You might remember it as Ask Me Anything
This spread through many posts rather than one canonical upload.
2009·Early YouTube
A forum on Reddit where one person answers whatever questions users put to them, under the heading “Ask Me Anything”.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- AMA
- Spread in
- 2009
- Format
- Phenomenon
- Where it started
- Origin
- No single original
- Available
- Not held by ViralWorld
What this wasThe story
Ask Me Anything: a thread where somebody states who they are, proves it, and answers whatever is asked. Reddit's most exported invention, and the one that made the site a place public figures went on purpose.
TimelineIn order
- Made
The forum is launched.1
- Took off
Barack Obama, then President, answers questions. The traffic briefly brings down much of Reddit.1
- Later
Hundreds of subreddits close themselves in protest after the Reddit employee who helped run the sessions is dismissed.1
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
Where it came fromWhat we know
This spread through many posts rather than one identifiable original. No copy is held here — what it was, when it spread and what people called it is what this page can tell you.
Nothing here is claimed to be the first version of this. It spread through many posts rather than from one identifiable original.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
SourcesWhat was read
Sources last read on . That date is about the history on this page. Whether the media still plays is checked separately and can change any day. How ViralWorld documents things