We are the nerds : the birth and tumultuous life of Reddit, the Internet's culture laboratory

Lagorio-Chafkin, Christine (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780316435376 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
xiii, 492 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

This guy has no shame -- How to start a startup -- Not your standard fixed-point combinator -- Front page of the internet -- It's online -- Hell summer -- How to act like a real adult -- Rounding error -- The algorithm and the cupboard -- You are making us sound stupid -- We are the nerds -- The deal -- Chasing that moment -- Millionaires' ball -- You aren't a bank teller -- A moment before dying -- The physicist, the information cowboy, the hacker, and the troll -- Mister splashy pants and the Large Hadron Collider -- Benign neglect -- Tools, yo -- Take me home -- The ones that got away -- Geek woodstock -- Exodus and ill will -- Free speech sandbox -- Blackout -- Meet your new CEO -- Not bad! -- The id -- Omniscient guardians of the depths -- The Internet bus -- The 117th Boston Marathon -- Money on the mind -- Every man is responsible for his own soul -- Tiny boxes -- Unbelievable because it's so weird -- Closer to yes -- The poltergeist -- 10 -- Revenge and revenge porn -- Fame and its inverse -- Amageddon -- The return of Steve -- Fuzzy approach -- "Serendipity" and "bullshit" -- R/thedonald -- Spezgiving -- What's good for the United States -- This is my whole life -- Reddit 4.0 -- Salesman emeritus -- Live from Hollywood -- All together now.