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ET). Make sure you have 2.5 hours minimum blocked out for the AMA!įirst things first: you need to make a Reddit account if you don’t already have one. We’d recommend choosing a day midweek (historically, Thursday’s tend to drive the most traffic), and starting in the afternoon (we recommend around 12 p.m. Plus, if you host there, you can cross-promote it on other subreddits (more on that later). You can have an AMA on a smaller subreddit-for example, r/science or r/movies-but you’re more likely to receive a higher volume of questions on the I/AmA subreddit. We recommend the following subreddit: “ r/IAmA: I Am A, where the mundane becomes fascinating and the outrageous suddenly seems normal.” This thread has over 21 million subscribers and is the number-one place on Reddit for AMAs.

There are bound to be tons of people on Reddit interested, too, and they have questions for an expert like you!Ģ. The Reddit platform also presents faculty members with the opportunity to leverage their expertise and directly connect with populations in need during critical time periods (such as an epidemiologist sharing advice for navigating daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic – or a neurologist sharing tips for getting a better night’s sleep and improving well-being during a time when the general public’s daily routines and schedules drastically and unexpectedly changed).If you’re particularly interested in something currently happening in the world that relates to your specialty, it’s a good indicator that it is the right time for an AMA. Topics centered around the news cycle, seasonality (such as a dietitian answering questions about how best to keep your health-centric New Year’s resolutions at the beginning of January), or of general interest to a Reddit audience (read: informed, and on the geeky side) are your best bets. Each AMA gets featured in the following day’s Executive News Briefing, which is sent to the President, Deans, department chairs, and more.Ī few things to keep in mind if you decide to host one: Additionally, professors’ participation is valued by BU leadership. Professors who have hosted AMAs have also reported a corresponding uptick in media interest: reporters often use Reddit to source experts, and AMAs are easily discoverable on search engines too. You’re able to share your invaluable firsthand knowledge and experience with the Reddit community, and highlight your research in front of large audiences. On a basic level, the value ­of an AMA is the connection you make with people interested in your topic of expertise. It’s an organic, engaging, and fun way to increase awareness of your work, your research, and Boston University. Reddit AMAs (which stands for “Ask Me Anything”)-whether they’re timed around the news cycle or simply focused on a topic of great general interest-are Q&As designed to bring an authority on a subject to a community of interested people. Reddit, a massive online community home to user-led discussions on every topic imaginable, bills itself as “the front page of the internet.” The site gets over 430 million unique visitors per month . 7, 2021.So, you’re thinking about hosting a Reddit AMA? Here’s what you need to know:

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