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Alexis Ohanian’s Next Social Platform Has One Rule: Don’t Act Like an Asshole
The Reddit cofounder joins WIRED’s “Uncanny Valley” podcast and opens up about his early days in tech, his plans for Digg, the future of women’s sports, and what his immigrant mom taught him about America.
In 2001, before he cofounded Reddit, before he married the world’s greatest tennis player, before he became the face of devoted fatherhood and a serial entrepreneur, Alexis Ohanian gave a 3-minute, 20-second high school commencement speech. I will say, I took my daughter to a New York Liberty game at Barclay Center a few weeks ago, and it was an amazing feeling to have a 7-year-old with her best friend sitting there watching these incredible women, this sold-out crowd, packed stadium. Even five years ago, at 2 in the morning, a founder could say, I really want to talk to the CMO of company X, and they could search our contacts, find the person they're looking for, click a button, and start drafting the message for them on my behalf.
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