We Are the Nerds by Christine Lagorio-Chafkin
A fascinating insider view into Reddit--the wildly popular, often misunderstood website that has changed the culture of the Internet.Reddit hails itself as "the front page of the Internet." It's the third most-visited website in the United States--and yet, millions of Americans have no idea what it is. We Are the Nerds is an engrossing deep dive into this captivating, maddening enterprise, whose army of obsessed users have been credited with everything from solving cold case 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.
Named Best Book of the Year by Fast Company
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin is an award-winning journalist who has spent the last fifteen years covering culture, emerging technologies, and business. She works at Inc. as a senior writer. Her work has also featured in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Washington Post, among other media. She grew up on a sheep farm in rural Wisconsin and now lives with her husband, cats, and two toddlers in New York City. r/blep and r/ShowerThoughts are two of her favorite subreddits.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316435406 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316435406 |
| Title | We Are the Nerds |
| Author | Christine Lagorio-Chafkin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hachette Books |
| Year published | 2019-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
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