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I happen to have a spreadsheet of all Reddit AMA backfires (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DTCRqeQvjOZAyngC31kn...), and the common thread among AMA disasters is the original poster being genuinely unaware that they might be received negatively (or they are just trolls). I don't think that will be the case with the WaPo, anyways.

(For posterity, here's a spreadsheet of all Reddit thread backfires in general: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bUSN7-nocMJz2Wo1KTIn...)



There is also some discussion of these posts at https://www.reddit.com/r/AMADisasters/


AMADisasters was the reason I made the list. (it turns out the mods would not let me post it there because it would make finding AMADisasters too easy)


Another commonly seen trend is actors coming on Reddit to promote a movie, rather than to engage with fans.


/r/IAmA as a subreddit is mostly self-promotion nowadays, but there's usually a decent amount of give-and-take.


The Rampart Effect.


The ones that try that tend to quickly have users take the piss of ask mock question about ramapart etc. after Woody Harrelson went too far that way.


I would certainly hope the Washington Post is aware that not everyone likes it.




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