Has a Famous Person Done an AMA on Lemmy Yet? If Not, Who Do You Think Will Be the First?

I think u/spez should be the first to do an AMA right here on lemmy.

"i single handed made lemmy grow 5000% AMA"
- I'm sick to death of Reddit/spez salt and this still made me snort. Well done.
- So talented
I would pay money to watch that shit storm.
- He’ll just answer 2 questions by shitting on and lying about the Apollo dev and then fuck off I reckon.
After his really disappointing AMA on reddit, I really don't want him to do an AMA here.

Didn't answer a single question. Just copy and pasted from an answer sheet for a few very, very easy questions, which were likely staged.
- The fake AMA was actually the last straw for me.

John Oliver

Yes! I'll ask the first question: What's your favorite r/pics post?
- I'd ask him how creeped out his wife is by this whole thing.
My thoughts exactly! Hope it will happen. If not on Lemmy then on whatever platform that is not reddit is fine.

John Oliver

That would be amazing, honestly. I know he is busy with the writers strike. It would be cool if he did an AMA about that on lemmy.

does anyone actually care about AMAs? I thought they were glorified advertising lol. Also that's a tough sell, what instance would you point them to, and how would you convince them they'd get good PR?

They used to be good but they're just PR now
- They used to be organised by a talented individual, employed by reddit, who was great at drawing in more well known people, while still preparing and liaising with them so the event went smoothly. Then reddit fired them.
The casual AMAs were a lot better. I'd rather hear from someone who does taxidermy than an actor who only wants to promote their next film
- hey, let's just keep this about Rampart please
- Do an AMA then. I completely agree with you. I’m a firm believer in the idea that every person on this planet has at least one batshit crazy story they can share. There’s also so many jobs out there that I’ve never even heard of.
They used to be good and really like a question and answer, only for past few years it turned to advertising
It heavily varies by person. Some people give AMAs that make you question if the responses are even from the real person ("let's just talk about Rampart") but other people's AMAs are really fascinating and feel like you're getting a genuine answer to your question (pretty much any AMA that hit BestOf). Even if the AMA is only done for publicity purposes, it can still be interesting and that's what really matters.
- Some are fascinating, some are shitty. Even the train wrecks can be entertaining, Lil Durk and Gunna's AMAs are personal favorites of mine
- One of my favorite threads was an AMA from Nick Offerman in like 2012. Mostly I liked how if you looked at his comments in order, you could see him getting drunker as the thread went on, eventually posting answers to the wrong questions.
AMAs on Reddit used to be magical. No PR, no advertising, if you tried to "stay on message" you would become a laughingstock (see Woody Harrelson's infamous AMA).

Then they fired Victoria and celebrity AMAs rapidly became boring and obvious parts of the promo circuit for any new media.
Ama's we're the content that got me hooked on Reddit. I think it was a lengthy Dan Harmon ama and I read it for hours. I think it's pretty telling that I haven't read through an ama in years.

George Takei.

‬ Very active on Mastodon! @[email protected]

George would be a great - and fitting, choice

It'd be cool to see Technology Connections. He's pretty active on Mastodon, I've seen him pop up in a thread here via there.

Also Louis Rossmann. He does AMAs like every other day on YouTube, he might be open to checking out another platform.

He can also credit this site for me subscribing to him on YouTube lol. I had never heard of Technology Connections before, but a post a few days ago somehow got me to watch a lengthy video about freaking dishwasher detergent.

And then somehow I also watched an HOUR LONG video about a fridge! A fridge! How the heck did he manage to keep me interested in a freaking red little fridge for so long? I've now learned more than I thought I ever would about things like heat pumps, turn signal and brake light regulations, CDs, and heat pumps.
Yeah i was thinking the same. Tech tubers will be first
I think Louis would be our best bet
What’s his mastodon handle? Didn’t know he was active.
- [email protected]
  
  Reading some of his latest posts, it looks like he was tagged over here, didn't realise it, and a bunch of cross-platform weirdness went on. He's not too happy about it, so maybe he might not be as on board as I thought.
  
  (I hope just writing his handle doesn't tag him. Sorry Alec if it did)

the dude that couldn't take a shit for three days

He may one day opt to disclose his pooping concerns. Until then, it remains a Lemmy mystery.

Glad to see the culture I loved so much about Reddit is alive and well here 🤣
Do we still not know the reason behind all this? I'd love an AMA then
- don't think so, but he made it through the three days apparently
Pretty normal if you’re on pain meds sadly
- are you not allowed to poop or not able to poop on pain meds?

Richard Stallman

That's gonna end up a shitshow and a half, no matter which side you're on
- Yeah, most of his controversies stem from him being overly "rational" and not knowing when to shut up. It would be a shit show but I'm here for it.
Not sure, if someone who says this when describing how they use their computer: https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html:

I generally do not connect to web sites from my own machine, aside from a few sites I have some special relationship with. I usually fetch web pages from other sites by sending mail to a program (see https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/womb/hacks.git) that fetches them, much like wget, and then mails them back to me. Then I look at them using a web browser, unless it is easy to see the text in the HTML page directly. I usually try lynx first, then a graphical browser if the page needs it.

Would really be keen on socializing on a platform like Lemmy, even if it is open-source/free. :D
- Top link is a 404.
Is this even possible?

Mastadon had enough friendly coverage that we'll see the occasional celebrity interact with the Fediverse through there. But Lemmy? I would expect celebrities to look to kbin first solely based on public perception of Lemmy and fear of getting associated with extremists.

Headlines, the general public, and most celebrities won't differentiate between Lemmy the software and individual Lemmy instances.

Based on who's on Mastadon though, George Takei. Fitting that a Star Trek alum is engaged in the Fediverse.

Linus Tech Tips guy, I think his name is Linus probably

Oh yea him. The main talking head for the Yvonne Umbrella Corporation.
Isn't his name Linux?
- I thought he was that hacker 4chan?

I'd love to see u/spez do an AMA and begging everyone to return to reddit...

BTW Fuck u/spez

Haha, let's do a mock ama of that, should be fun!

John Oliver. Just for the irony.

Can someone for the love of God explain the John Oliver meme to me? I don't like his show so I'm out of the loop
- The fact that you have to mention you don’t like him (who the fuck cares) makes me think you aren’t really asking in good faith. His comedy/show often highlight bullshit and injustices in funny, ironic and meta ways and historically have encouraged disruptive protests that are ironic and silly but sort of make a good point. Such as, creating a real church to make fun/protest/highlight the fact that religions operate like corporations but don’t pay taxes. Subs could have picked anything silly to post, the point is to be rebellious and tongue in cheek while also making a point.
- Reddit was forcing subreddits to re open or face mod removal. /r/pics reopen but their new rule (as a form of protest) was only pictures of John Oliver.

me 😊

No way, are you the k_o_t?
- OMG it really is k_o_t!
- Can't be

Lemmy ofc! .. oh wait...

Hopefully its Keanu just to slap Reddit. But lets be honest it will probably be Gabe or some tech "celeb".

I think JT, from Second Thought and the Deprogram, made an AMA over on Hexbear, a fork of Lemmy. (https://www.hexbear.net/post/240228) I wonder what happened to the efforts to add federation to hexbear.

He seems like the kinda guy who would be on lemmy

My guess would be some really down to earth author like John Scalzi or Neil Gaiman.

Jery Ryan. She's already on Mastodon. And active too.

Mark Ruffalo is also on Masto

John Mastodon

It'll be Woody Harrelson

I did a AMA on here. And I. Clearly important

Why would you want an AMA? This isn't Reddit. Still... Keanu Reeves, why not... the guy's adorable.

He died in john wick 4!

@[email protected] was one of the first celebs to abandon Musk's Twitter for Mastodon. I'd love an AMA with him. He's a seriously interesting guy who's life's work and story are worth looking into... from a WWII Japanese internment camp, to piloting the USS Enterprise NCC-1701, to and LGBTQ+ activism.