We are the nerds : the birth and tumultuous life of Reddit, the internet's culture laboratory Cover Image

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We are the nerds : the birth and tumultuous life of Reddit, the internet's culture laboratory / Christine Lagorio-Chafkin.

Summary:

Presents the history of the Internet forum Reddit, whose intensely-engaged users have changed the culture of the Internet.

Record details

ISBN: 9780316435376
ISBN: 0316435376
ISBN: 1478947454
ISBN: 9781478947455
ISBN: 9780349416366
ISBN: 9780316435406
ISBN: 0349416362
Physical Description: xiii, 492 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-478) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

This guy has no shame -- How to start a startup -- Not your standard fixed-point combinator -- Front page of the internet -- It's online -- Hell summer -- How to act like a real adult -- Rounding error -- The algorithm and the cupboard -- You are making us sound stupid -- We are the nerds -- The deal -- Chasing that moment -- Millionaires' ball -- You aren't a bank teller -- A moment before dying -- The physicist, the information cowboy, the hacker, and the troll -- Mister Splashy Pants and the Large Hadron Collider -- Benign neglect -- Tools, yo -- Take me home -- The ones that got away -- Geek Woodstock -- Exodus and ill will -- Free-speech sandbox -- Blackout -- Meet your new CEO -- Not bad! -- The id -- Omniscient guardians of the depths -- The internet bus -- The 117th Boston Marathon -- Money on the mind -- Every man is responsible for his own soul -- Tiny boxes -- Unbelievable because it's so weird -- Closer to yes -- The poltergeist -- 10 -- Revenge and revenge porn -- Fame and its inverse -- AMAgeddon -- The return of Steve -- Fuzzy approach -- "Serendipity" and "bullshit" -- r/The_Donald -- Spezgiving -- What's good for the United States -- This is my whole life -- Reddit 4.0 -- Salesman emeritus -- Live from Hollywood -- All together now.