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“A must-read for anyone hoping to make sense of the century ahead.”
— Ashlee Vance, author of Elon Musk
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This is the
untold story of how one of the world's most popular websites was hatched--and
how it took on a mind of its own. It's a gripping read, and it's full of
lessons for building startups and organizing communities.
— Adam Grant, NewYork Times bestselling author of Originals, Give and Take,and Option B with Sheryl Sandberg
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We Are the Nerds is the best, grittiest, most accurate book yet about what it's like to build a startup and a community from scratch (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, helping us understand what can go wrong--and right!--when we try to harness the power of online community (and make money along the way).
— John Zeratsky, formerdesign partner, Google Ventures, and New York Times bestselling authorof Sprint and Make Time
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I've heard every
start-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 turned
Reddit's struggle for success into a gripping, entertaining book that is a
must-read for every entrepreneur.
— Daymond John, star ofABC's Shark Tank, bestselling author of Rise and Grind, andfounder of FUBU
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Lagorio-Chafkin's
book is incisive, witty, and brilliantly written. She gives you a front-row
seat to the world-altering consequences of the decisions made by a cast of
compelling, though sometimes stumbling, humans on the front lines of the
Internet--nerds and all.
— Emily Chang, authorof the national bestseller Brotopia
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Christine
Lagorio-Chafkin has stepped into a male-centric genre, the start-up narrative,
and produced a book of monumental power and importance: a rich, thoughtful
chronicle of Reddit that grapples just as brilliantly with the dark side of
tech--its trolls, its problems with gender and diversity--as it does its
culture-shattering innovations. I was wowed by this book.
— Liza Mundy, NewYork Times bestselling author of Michelle and Code Girls
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Excellent.... Learn how the internet's front page got its
mojo back.
— Business Insider
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A classic 'we were coders once, and young' tale....
Lagorio-Chafkin fearlessly explores Reddit's dark edges.
— Wall Street Journal
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Fascinating.... . Drawing on dozens of original interviews with Reddit's founders and employees, old chat logs and photographs and e-mails, Lagorio-Chafkin .... re-creates key moments in novelistic detail.... Sharply written and brilliantly reported, We Are the Nerds is an eye-opening look at how Reddit helped shape contemporary Internet and political culture in the United States.
— ShelfAwareness (starred review)
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Lagorio-Chafkin's assured narrative makes even crashing servers the stuff suspense thrillers are made of.
— Mental Floss
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[We Are the Nerds] tells the inside story of how Reddit came to be the Internet's 'id.'
— Ars Technica