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The

world-changing

powerof the

reasonable

Alexis Ohanian @kn0thing

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The voice of the internet News before it happens

The biggest little community online

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“Help me fix my last picture of mom”

2010was a great year for reddit

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MeetSabriya

28yrs oldScientistHula-hoop expert

She’s onFacebook

She tweets

She even reads reddit

There are millions just like her

She’s a potentialactivist

Activism consists of intentional action to bring about social, political, economic, or environmental change. This action is in

support of, or opposition to, one side of an often controversial argument.

(source: Wikipedia)

The (free) web

is a tool for

activism

the most effectivedistribution platform

for data the world has ever seen

Mister Splashy

Pants

Activism?

slAcktivism

August 28, 1963

August 28, 1963

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August 28, 1963

200,000

189,000,000

August 28, 1963

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Activists

Slacktivists?

The mainstream

We’ll always need activists

We’ll always need activistsWe’ll always need slacktivists

We’ll always need activistsWe’ll always need slacktivists

Change happens when a newidea becomes mainstream.

Questions?(please say hello!)

Alexis Ohanian@kn0thing

http://about.me/alexis