We Are the Nerds: The Birth and Tumultuous Life of Reddit, the Internet's Culture Laboratory
Autor Christine Lagorio-Chafkinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2019
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.
We Are the Nerdsis 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.We Are the Nerdsis 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.
Based on Christine Lagorio-Chafkin's exclusive access to founders Ohanian and Huffman,We Are the Nerdsis 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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316435406
ISBN-10: 0316435406
Pagini: 512
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Hachette Books
ISBN-10: 0316435406
Pagini: 512
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Hachette Books
Notă biografică
Christine
Lagorio-Chafkinis
an
award-winning
journalist
who
has
covered
culture,
emerging
technologies,
and
entrepreneurship
for
the
past
15
years.
She
is
senior
writer
atInc.magazine
and
her
work
has
appeared
in
many
other
publications,
includingTheNew
York
Times,The
San
Francisco
Chronicle,
and
the
Washington
Post.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.
Recenzii
"This
is
theuntold
story
of
how
one
of
the
world's
most
popular
websites
was
hatched--andhow
it
took
on
a
mind
of
its
own.
It's
a
gripping
read,
and
it's
full
oflessons
for
building
startups
and
organizing
communities."—Adam
Grant,
New
York
Times
bestselling
author
of
Originals,
Give
and
Take,
and
Option
B
with
Sheryl
Sandberg
"We Are the Nerdsis the best, grittiest, mostaccurate book yet about what it's like to build a startup and a community fromscratch (a struggle I know well). And it's a great story; truly fun to read!Lagorio-Chafkin takes us back to a formative time for the modern web, helpingus understand what can go wrong--and right!--when we try to harness the power ofonline community (and make money along the way)."—John Zeratsky, former design partner, Google Ventures, and New York Times bestselling author of Sprint and Make Time
"I've heard everystart-up story you can imagine, but Reddit's is as fascinating as it gets.Christine has captured what it really looks like to start a company and turnedReddit's struggle for success into a gripping, entertaining book that is amust-read for every entrepreneur."—Daymond John, star of ABC's Shark Tank, bestselling author of Rise and Grind, and founder of FUBU
"Lagorio-Chafkin'sbook is incisive, witty, and brilliantly written. She gives you a front-rowseat to the world-altering consequences of the decisions made by a cast ofcompelling, though sometimes stumbling, humans on the front lines of theInternet--nerds and all."—Emily Chang, author of the national bestseller Brotopia
"ChristineLagorio-Chafkin has stepped into a male-centric genre, the start-up narrative,and produced a book of monumental power and importance: a rich, thoughtfulchronicle of Reddit that grapples just as brilliantly with the dark side oftech--its trolls, its problems with gender and diversity--as it does itsculture-shattering innovations. I was wowed by this book."—Liza Mundy, New York Times bestselling author of Michelle and Code Girls
"Excellent.... Learn how the internet's front page got itsmojo back."—Business Insider
"A classic 'we were coders once, and young' tale....Lagorio-Chafkin fearlessly explores Reddit's dark edges."—Wall Street Journal
"Really three tales in one ... that of a scrappystart-up destined for web domination,... [the] technologists, entrepreneurs andiconoclasts seeking to reshape the world, ... [and] the rise of social media fromthe perspective of one of its most important players.... The reader feels likeForrest Gump, stumbling from one remarkable event or person to the next...WeAre the Nerdsdescribes how Reddit began. The real story is how the siteand its ilk will change the world. On that, we're still in Act One."—Nature
"Fascinating..... Drawing on dozens of original interviews with Reddit's founders andemployees, old chat logs and photographs and e-mails, Lagorio-Chafkin ....re-creates key moments in novelistic detail.... Sharply written and brilliantlyreported,We Are the Nerdsis an eye-opening look at how Reddit helpedshape contemporary Internet and political culture in the United States."—Shelf Awareness (starred review)
"Lagorio-Chafkin's assured narrative makes even crashing servers the stuff suspense thrillers are made of."—Mental Floss
"[We Are the Nerds] tells the inside story of how Reddit came to be the Internet's 'id.'"—Ars Technica
"We Are the Nerdsis the best, grittiest, mostaccurate book yet about what it's like to build a startup and a community fromscratch (a struggle I know well). And it's a great story; truly fun to read!Lagorio-Chafkin takes us back to a formative time for the modern web, helpingus understand what can go wrong--and right!--when we try to harness the power ofonline community (and make money along the way)."—John Zeratsky, former design partner, Google Ventures, and New York Times bestselling author of Sprint and Make Time
"I've heard everystart-up story you can imagine, but Reddit's is as fascinating as it gets.Christine has captured what it really looks like to start a company and turnedReddit's struggle for success into a gripping, entertaining book that is amust-read for every entrepreneur."—Daymond John, star of ABC's Shark Tank, bestselling author of Rise and Grind, and founder of FUBU
"Lagorio-Chafkin'sbook is incisive, witty, and brilliantly written. She gives you a front-rowseat to the world-altering consequences of the decisions made by a cast ofcompelling, though sometimes stumbling, humans on the front lines of theInternet--nerds and all."—Emily Chang, author of the national bestseller Brotopia
"ChristineLagorio-Chafkin has stepped into a male-centric genre, the start-up narrative,and produced a book of monumental power and importance: a rich, thoughtfulchronicle of Reddit that grapples just as brilliantly with the dark side oftech--its trolls, its problems with gender and diversity--as it does itsculture-shattering innovations. I was wowed by this book."—Liza Mundy, New York Times bestselling author of Michelle and Code Girls
"Excellent.... Learn how the internet's front page got itsmojo back."—Business Insider
"A classic 'we were coders once, and young' tale....Lagorio-Chafkin fearlessly explores Reddit's dark edges."—Wall Street Journal
"Really three tales in one ... that of a scrappystart-up destined for web domination,... [the] technologists, entrepreneurs andiconoclasts seeking to reshape the world, ... [and] the rise of social media fromthe perspective of one of its most important players.... The reader feels likeForrest Gump, stumbling from one remarkable event or person to the next...WeAre the Nerdsdescribes how Reddit began. The real story is how the siteand its ilk will change the world. On that, we're still in Act One."—Nature
"Fascinating..... Drawing on dozens of original interviews with Reddit's founders andemployees, old chat logs and photographs and e-mails, Lagorio-Chafkin ....re-creates key moments in novelistic detail.... Sharply written and brilliantlyreported,We Are the Nerdsis an eye-opening look at how Reddit helpedshape contemporary Internet and political culture in the United States."—Shelf Awareness (starred review)
"Lagorio-Chafkin's assured narrative makes even crashing servers the stuff suspense thrillers are made of."—Mental Floss
"[We Are the Nerds] tells the inside story of how Reddit came to be the Internet's 'id.'"—Ars Technica