Alexis Ohanian

If I founded reddit I'd be searching for better servers too.

I founded a site called reddit back in 2005 with Steve Huffman, which I have the pleasure of serving on the board. After we were acquired, I started a social enterprise called to publish books and geeky things in order to donate the profits to worthy causes ($200K so far!). After I helped Steve and our friend Adam launch a travel search website called where I ran marketing/pr/community-stuff for a year and change before .

I've taken all these lessons and put them into a class I've been teaching around the world called and as of today it's an . The e-book and video scale a lot better than I do.

These days, I'm helping , spoiling my cat, and generally help make the world suck less. Oh, and working hard on .

You have no idea how much this site means to me and I will forever be grateful for what it has done (and continues to do) for me. Thank you.

Oh, and AMA.

Originally I was gonna come on here to talk about and , but then I learned TOM HANKS -- our greatest living actor -- was doing an AMA the same day.

So obviously I'm now live-streaming a countdown to Tom Hank's AMA at 14:50 EST.

I'll be here at The Verge (which also produces my show, ) for the next six hours with some fun guests stopping by.

I hope this was not a terrible idea.

Hi, we are (defender of the Open Internet since I had a full head of hair and rugged good looks) and Alexis Ohanian (defender - and grateful beneficiary - of the Open Internet ). is the current rule of the road requiring all content on the Internet to be delivered at the same speed. It prevents Big Cable from dividing the Internet up into “fast and slow lanes” and charging a toll for content providers if they want their content delivered at an acceptable speed.

Net Neutrality is under attack by Big Cable. We need Tom Wheeler, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, to step up and preserve it. On May 15 (less than 2 days from now!), his commission will put out proposed rules and we need to make sure these rules protect net neutrality and don't harm it.

We care about Net Neutrality because it allows everyone the freedom to compete online so innovators, speech, and our economy thrive.

Make your voice heard. The calls, emails, and comments ARE making a difference. An important thing the reddit community can do RIGHT NOW, is urge their Congress person not to sign onto any letters that are intended to undermine net neutrality and the need to reclassify broadband as a common carrier. Specifically, you can urge your representatives in Congress not to sign a letter like the one that is currently being led by Representative Gene Green.

More on Senator Wyden’s .

More on Alexis Ohanian efforts to defend Net Neutrality: , , , and .

Senator Wyden's verification

EDIT: Great to hear from you, I have to take off now. REMEMBER, your voices matter, don't sit this one out. - Ron

EDIT: Back on for a few minutes to answer a couple more questions before votes -Ron