A notícia «President Obama Takes Questions From the Internet on Reddit» não poderia deixar de suscitar curiosidade a quem é adepto das novas tecnologias, nomeadamente no processo de ensino e aprendizagem mas também no agilizar da ação dos que gerem a coisa pública. Alguns excertos:
«(...)The president made a guest appearance on Reddit, the popular social news site, taking questions submitted by site members in a popular format known as Ask Me Anything, or AMA.
In advance of the president’s arrival on the site, members posted questions including “Is Internet freedom an issue you’d push to add to the Democratic Party’s 2012 platform?” and “Who’s your favorite basketball player?”
The president answered several questions about his administration’s position on Internet rights and the importance of space exploration. In response to a question about the most difficult decision he had had to make in office, he wrote a thoughtful and lengthy answer that began: “The decision to surge our forces in Afghanistan. Any time you send our brave men and women into battle, you know that not everyone will come home safely, and that necessarily weighs heavily on you.”
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The president spent a little over an hour answering questions before signing off. “I want to thank everybody at Reddit for participating — this is an example of how technology and the Internet can empower the sorts of conversations that strengthen our democracy over the long run,” he wrote. (...)»
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