Celebrities are people whom the average joe considers people from another world or dimension due to the effects of their popularity and status in life.
These people became popular either through their deeds or contributions to humanity's progress, or even both.
However, there are times that they have a pause in their everyday life when they're able to reach out to other people and give them a glimpse of their world through interactions in events and on the web.
These interactions on the web are more commonly known as Ask Me Anythings or AMAs. For the average joe, this is their chance to know more about that celebrity, their work, and their opinions on various topics.
Here are some of the most interesting AMAs that occurred in the tech industry.
Bill Gates
As the founder of Microsoft and the developer of the Windows operating system, we, as a civilization, owe a lot to Bill Gates and his work. As such, the chance to ask him about his endeavors in creating Windows and his thoughts on various topics is a one-in-a-million chance, which eventually came on February 12, 2013.
Gates hosted an AMA on r/IamA at the online forum site Reddit, which gave people the chance to ask him about his thoughts on his portrayal in the film Pirates of Silicon Valley, what would he have done if Microsoft hadn't taken off the way it did, and even his thoughts on tennis.
Gates then posted a YouTube video of him answering the thread's most popular question, which further established the thread's credibility.
Gates' AMA had around 26,400 comments before it was archived.
Elon Musk
Elon Musk is perhaps one of the most crowd-friendly people in the world, with him frequently posting his thoughts and opinions on social media, especially on Twitter, which he now owns nine percent of. In fact, not only did he host one AMA, which is already a feat in and of itself, he did two within two years.
Musk had his first AMA in r/spacex, where he invited people to ask him about becoming a spacefaring civilization. He later created a thread in r/IamA which opened him further to people's questions about his thoughts on Hybrid craft, a space mission to Europa (one of Jupiter's moons), and AI safety.
His first AMA has 5078 comments while his second has around 10,800 before they were archived.
Steve Wozniak
As the co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak is one of the people that could provide a window into what it is like working for Apple during its early years and what it was like to work with the late Steve Jobs.
He mentioned in his AMA at r/IamA that is also connected to Reddit's interview of him for its new series called "Formative." He hoped that the AMA would clear any misunderstandings of Apple's founding and give people a good chance to know him.
In his AMA, Wozniak was asked about his opinion of Tim Cook's handling of Apple, what the most difficult obstacle he ever had to overcome, and his favorite up-and-coming gadget at the time.
Wozniak's AMA received 6,925 comments before it was archived.
Marc Randolph
As the co-founder of Netflix and the company's first CEO, Marc Randolph is akin to a modern-day Bill Gates wherein he ran away with a winning formula and made it grow at a time when streaming services were a novel idea.
Although not as social media savvy as Elon Musk, Randolph was able to host two successful AMAs on Reddit: one on r/netflix and the other one at r/IamA, which is the more recent of the two.
Randolph was asked during his AMAs about his thoughts on whether there was a way to prevent fractured streaming services from turning into a new version of cable TV, the company culture of Netflix in its early days, and whether he is related to Sigmund Freud or not (he is!).
Randolph has 381 comments on his first AMA while his second has 1,657 comments before they were archived.
Palmer Luckey
Palmer Luckey is the designer of the Rift, a virtual reality headset that was crowd-funded on Kickstarter. The Rift is actually the Oculus Rift, which is arguably the first marketable VR headset, per Verdict. Like Randolph, he too was a modern-day Bill Gates through the Oculus Rift.
In his AMA on r/IamA, Luckey was asked mostly about his plans of whether he would release the Rift's SDK or documentation for developers, on if the Oculus Rift would eventually have a 120hz screen, and the additional features the oculus rift would have if the extra money was spent on further developing it at the time.
Luckey's AMA acquired 510 comments before it was archived.
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