This is a HUGE opportunity to raise the profile of ME/CFS and to pull in donations for the Lipkin/Hornig microbiome study and raise general awareness of our disease.
Reddit is a very high-profile news website where the stories that make the front page are the ones that users have voted for.
People read reddit every day like a newspaper - it has enormous reach. Yesterday, nearly two million people were logged in.
Our very own Dr Mady Hornig is doing a Q&A on reddit at 1pm US Eastern Time. On reddit, that's called an 'AMA' (Ask Me Anything).
She's doing that here: http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/2y4ph4/science_ama_series_im_professor_mady_hornig_at/
If a thread gets enough upvotes, it will land on the front page of reddit, and in the "all" section, which will expose the story to millions more readers.
We can take advantage of this reddit event in two ways. Both require you to register on reddit, which took me 10 seconds just now, and doesn't require your email address.
The AMA will appear from 8am on Friday morning and you'll be able to start posting questions and voting then.
(1) When the AMA appears, vote it up! That will get it high up in the news on reddit so that more people will see it.
The link is now live - please vote now!
And upvote any good questions!
(2) Ask a question! If you can work the donation link in, great. It's: http://www.bit.ly/DonateToDrLipkin
If you struggle to get the hang of reddit (or think you might) and can't figure out how to post a question, post your question on the main PR thread about this event, which is here, and someone will try to post it for you (no guarantees, though!).
You don't need to watch this but this video has a short explanation of reddit.
Please continue general discussion of the event on the main thread, here.
@Kina - I realise that there's already a thread about the reddit even but we need one that's a simple call to action for people. Hope that's OK!
Reddit is a very high-profile news website where the stories that make the front page are the ones that users have voted for.
People read reddit every day like a newspaper - it has enormous reach. Yesterday, nearly two million people were logged in.
Our very own Dr Mady Hornig is doing a Q&A on reddit at 1pm US Eastern Time. On reddit, that's called an 'AMA' (Ask Me Anything).
She's doing that here: http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/2y4ph4/science_ama_series_im_professor_mady_hornig_at/
If a thread gets enough upvotes, it will land on the front page of reddit, and in the "all" section, which will expose the story to millions more readers.
We can take advantage of this reddit event in two ways. Both require you to register on reddit, which took me 10 seconds just now, and doesn't require your email address.
The AMA will appear from 8am on Friday morning and you'll be able to start posting questions and voting then.
(1) When the AMA appears, vote it up! That will get it high up in the news on reddit so that more people will see it.
The link is now live - please vote now!
And upvote any good questions!
(2) Ask a question! If you can work the donation link in, great. It's: http://www.bit.ly/DonateToDrLipkin
If you struggle to get the hang of reddit (or think you might) and can't figure out how to post a question, post your question on the main PR thread about this event, which is here, and someone will try to post it for you (no guarantees, though!).
You don't need to watch this but this video has a short explanation of reddit.
Please continue general discussion of the event on the main thread, here.
@Kina - I realise that there's already a thread about the reddit even but we need one that's a simple call to action for people. Hope that's OK!
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