Yesterday, President Obama tapped into the social media sphere to do a 30-minute question and answer session on  Reddit. His unscheduled appearance on the community site was another opportunity to connect with voters in the 25 to 30 age group, a range that’s been difficult to reach through traditional political advertising. 

Despite only answering ten questions and keeping most of his responses during the AMA (“Ask me Anything”) pretty general, President Obama might be able to chalk up another win for his activity on social networks. The AMA also gave Reddit mainstream exposure, especially with all of the extra traffic from the Twittersphere. In an op-ed, Mashable’s Christina Warren called all of the extra attention Reddit’s “coming out party“. The Reddit server had a hard time keeping up, and the “heavy load” screen popped up several times in the half hour session.

While the president received a number of points for his answers to questions about the war in Afghanistan and (not surprisingly) internet freedom, he only received seventeen points for his response to a question about unemployment for recent graduates, a key issue for voters in the age range for Reddit users .

President Obama didn’t keep the AMA all policy. He managed to answer a few questions about sports, family life, and the White House beer recipe.

Here’s the link to the president’s full page of responses: http://www.reddit.com/user/PresidentObama

For newbies to Reddit, just click “context” or “permalink”  to show the specific questions he responded to.

If you’re looking to read President Obama’s answers to questions without having to slough through the Reddit feed, check out these Storify stories curated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation    and Digital First Media engagement editor Ivan Lajara .

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