Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Nate Silver and Hilary Duff Kick Off #Reddit's #Video #AMAs
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Obviously, these videos lack the spontaneity of their written predecessors (or random appearances from Tom Hanks), as the answers have to be recording rather than going out on a live feed, but the format offers for more detailed, less pre-planned answers as the subject can be seen muddling each question through as they speak. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was an apt choice, considering he's a physicist, rather than any kind of standard celebrity. His questions are also all within the context of art, which makes things doubly interesting since art and the wider universe are not commonly linked.
The Hilary Duff one is a bit more unremarkable, being that it's in the /r/IAmA subreddit. Most of the questions surround her personal life, her career and her experience on Tinder. Nate Silver's is more interesting by it's very nature, given that he's a statistician, assuming that you find numbers and data even a fraction as interesting as he does. The videos themselves are so well produced and stylistically distinct that even if the subject doesn't overly interest you, they manage to be engaging. The subjects are also very obviously hearing the questions for the first time, which makes the whole thing feel a lot more, well, human.
Clearly, the best questions are cherry picked, so it's not completely improvisational, but it still makes for more interesting fare than just laboriously reading through a list of text responses, particularly when half the answers are only a couple of words.
More than just interviews though, these videos are a demonstration of the production quality Reddit have at their disposal. The AMAs will continue, but they also plan on bringing out documentaries and user-submitted content. It's an excellent idea, one which will give Reddit an even more unique identity in the social media arms race.
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