{"product_id":"we-are-the-nerds-the-birth-and-tumultuous-life-of-reddit-the-internets-culture-laboratory-paperback","title":"We Are the Nerds: The Birth and Tumultuous Life of Reddit, the Internet's Culture Laboratory - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristine Lagorio-Chafkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2018 by \u003ci\u003eFast Company\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a \"sharply written and brilliantly reported\" (\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e) look inside Reddit, the wildly popular, often misunderstood website that has changed the culture of the Internet.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reddit hails itself as \"the front page of the Internet.\" It's the third most-visited website in the United States -- and yet, millions of Americans have no idea what it is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Are the Nerds\u003c\/i\u003e is an engrossing look deep inside this captivating, maddening enterprise, whose army of obsessed users have been credited with everything from solving cold case crimes and spurring tens of millions of dollars in charitable donations to seeding alt-right fury and landing Donald Trump in the White House. \u003ci\u003eWe Are the Nerds\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping start-up narrative: the story of how Reddit's founders, Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian, rose up from their suburban childhoods to become millionaires and create an icon of the digital age -- before seeing the site engulfed in controversies and nearly losing control of it for good. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on Christine Lagorio-Chafkin's exclusive access to founders Ohanian and Huffman, \u003ci\u003eWe Are the Nerds\u003c\/i\u003e is also a compelling exploration of the way we all communicate today -- and how we got here. Reddit and its users have become a mirror of the Internet: it has dingy corners, shiny memes, malicious trolls, and a sometimes heart-melting ability to connect people across cultures, oceans, and ideological divides.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristine Lagorio-Chafkin\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning journalist who has covered culture, emerging technologies, and entrepreneurship for the past fifteen years. She is senior writer at \u003ci\u003eInc.\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and her work has appeared in many other publications, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She was raised on a sheep farm in rural Wisconsin and now lives in New York City with her husband, cats, and toddlers. Her favorite subreddits are r\/blep and r\/ShowerThoughts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467991236861,"sku":"9780316435406","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/t-MSRb3689780316435406.webp?v=1777281800","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/we-are-the-nerds-the-birth-and-tumultuous-life-of-reddit-the-internets-culture-laboratory-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}