http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z1c9z/i_am_barack_obama_president_of_the_united_states/

Pretty cool

He kinda killed reddit though, everyone is loosing it over there and the site is under heavy load!

Henry_42 @ 30/8/2012 11:18

is there some stream (video) ? cause i don't believe it's really him answering questions

The admins and moderators confirmed its him. I assume they got a picture of obama holding up his reddit screen name, which is how they usually confirm famous people.

Coach @ 30/8/2012 7:40

Don't those things just devolve into trolling? It seems a strange thing to do.

Not really. People are surprisingly respectful when a celebrity does an AMA. I checked the thread and they mostly seemed like legit questions.

Problem was that everyone and their dog was on reddit and the site crashed and was unresponsive for the majority of the time he had to actually answer questions. He answered around 10 though and im sure he will be back to answer some more when he has time.

He also confirmed it on his real confirmed twitter account

Why reddit crashed

Boc @ 30/8/2012 15:41

Ari @ 30/8/2012 9:08 Coach @ 30/8/2012 7:40 Don't those things just devolve into trolling? It seems a strange thing to do. Not really. People are surprisingly respectful when a celebrity does an AMA. I checked the thread and they mostly seemed like legit questions. Problem was that everyone and their dog was on reddit and the site crashed and was unresponsive for the majority of the time he had to actually answer questions. He answered around 10 though and im sure he will be back to answer some more when he has time. Nah, there was a fair share of people cussing him out, it's just that those weren't the "questions" that were voted to the top

Of course they where, people want the real questions answered :P

I couldnt go through the whole 23k comments but from what little I could see before the crash seemed like honest questions about real issues

Boc @ 30/8/2012 17:18

Ari @ 30/8/2012 12:10 seemed like honest questions about real issues I'm glad I found out his favorite basketball player is Jordan

Never said the answered ones where the best! He seemed to avoid talking about legalizing marijuana which he has been avoiding for a long time

Darth Lego @ 31/8/2012 15:46

I won't be voting for him in this elections.

Wow me neither!

Henry_42 @ 2/9/2012 14:25

Ari @ 30/8/2012 14:20 He also confirmed it on his real confirmed twitter account oh well i guess everything's legit then. because, NOONE else could log in there and post for him. NO SUH :awesome:

What possible reason could he have for having someone else answer the questions? Its always going to look like he is answering them, so why not just do it? There is no gain for Obama to have someone else answer them. Its his campaign and why risk someone else fucking it up?