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Presidential memes: Obama believes in Internet freedom, kills Reddit

It didn't take long for the president's Reddit verification photo to be turned into a meme Wednesday. 

 

Kris Holt

Internet Culture

Posted on Aug 29, 2012   Updated on Jun 2, 2021, 11:57 am CDT

After President Barack Obama joined Reddit for an AMA on Wednesday, it was only a matter of time before his verification photo was turned into into a meme.

Redditors and Tumblr used that photo, and others, to comment on the president’s live interview, his interest in Reddit, and how it unintentionally crashed the social news site.

Photo by @SWatercolor/Twitter

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*First Published: Aug 29, 2012, 5:43 pm CDT