ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alexis Ohanian - Entrepreneur
Alexis Ohanian is the co-founder an executive chairman of Reddit, a social-voting news website with geek allegiances, a small-town feel and a penchant for lighting up the memes your friends IM you about next week.

Why you should listen

Reddit, co-founded by Alexis Ohanian and friend Steve Huffman, has become one of the World Wide Web's most striking examples of democracy in action. Founded in 2005, it grew a user base of tens of thousands and quickly attracted the attention of publisher Condé Nast, which acquired it in 2006. Unlike "social bookmarking" sites (such as Delicious), Reddit fashions itself a platform for "social news," where the readers themselves control the front page by voting stories up above and down below the fold.

Ohanian left Reddit in his official capacity in 2009, but returned in 2014 as executive chairman. He has continued to be involved with the site's direction as a sort of godfather, dispensing friendly wisdom (and t-shirts) from his user account, kn0thing. Of late, he's focusing on Breadpig, a hub for geeky books and merchandise. In early 2010, he spent three months in Armenia as a Kiva Fellow.

More profile about the speaker
Alexis Ohanian | Speaker | TED.com
TEDIndia 2009

Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media

ئه‌لیكس ئۆهانیان: چۆن کاریگەری له‌ تۆڕی كۆمه‌ڵایه‌تی دروست دەکرێت

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له‌ ماوه‌یه 4 خولەکی خێرا و پێكه‌نیناوی، ئه‌لێكس ئۆهانیانی، لە تۆڕیڕیدیت، چیرۆكی ژیانی ڕاسته‌قینه‌ی نه‌هه‌نگێكی پشت چه‌ماوه‌ ده‌گێڕێتەوە كه‌ نوێنه‌ری ماڵپه‌ڕیك بووه‌. وانه‌ی مستەر سپلاشی پانتس لە ناو رێدیت و فەیسبووک دەخاتەڕوو.
- Entrepreneur
Alexis Ohanian is the co-founder an executive chairman of Reddit, a social-voting news website with geek allegiances, a small-town feel and a penchant for lighting up the memes your friends IM you about next week. Full bio

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So, now, there are a lot of web 2.0 consultants who make a lot of money.
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كۆمه‌ڵێك ماڵپه‌ڕی ڕاوێژكاری
هه‌یه‌ پاره‌یه‌كی زۆرقازانج ده‌كه‌ن.
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In fact, they make their livings on this kind of stuff.
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له‌ڕاستیدا، ژیانیان به‌و
شتانه‌ دروست ده‌كه‌ن.
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I'm going to try and save you all the time and all the money
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هه‌وڵده‌ده‌م کات و پاره‌كانتان بپارێزم
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and go through it in the next three minutes, so bear with me.
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لە 3 خوولەکی داهاتوو لەگەڵم بن.
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Started a website back in 2005, with a few friends of mine,
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له‌ 2005، ماڵپه‌ڕێكمان
به‌ناوی ڕیدیت.كۆم دروست کرد.
00:28
called Reddit.com.
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؛كه‌ تۆ به‌ ماڵپه‌ڕێكی هه‌واڵی ناوی دەبەیت
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That's what you'd call a social news website.
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Basically all that means is that the democratic front page
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بەتایبه‌ت په‌ڕه‌ی یه‌كه‌میی ماڵپەڕەکە
باشترین بەشی ماڵپەڕەکەیە.
00:34
is the best stuff on the web. You find some interesting content,
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هەر کەسێک شێکی سەرنج ڕاکیش دەبینێت،
وەک ئاخاوتنێکی TED بۆ ئێمەی دەنێرێت.
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say a TEDTalk,
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submit it to Reddit, and the community of your peers
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ئەوانەی لە رێدیتن، دەنگ بە
باشی و خراپی بابەتەکە دەدەن.
00:40
will vote it up if they like it, vote it down if they don't.
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And that creates the front page. It's always rising, falling, always changing.
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ئەوە پەڕەى يەكەم دروست دەكات.
هەميشە هەڵبەز و دابەز دەکات:
نيوە مليۆن كەس ڕۆژانە سەردانی دەكەن.
00:45
About a half million people visit every day. But this isn't about Reddit.
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ئەوە دەربارەى ڕیديت نيیە.
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This is actually about discovering new things that pop up on the web.
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ده‌رباره‌ی دۆزینه‌وه‌ی شتی
نوێیه‌ له‌ ماڵپه‌ڕه‌كه‌.
00:51
Because in the last four years we've seen all kinds of memes,
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لە دوايين چوار ساڵ،
هەموو جۆره‌ شیوازیكمان بينيووە،
00:54
all kinds of trends get born right on our front page.
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خواسته‌كان لە
لاپه‌ڕه‌كانی سه‌ره‌تاوە دروست دەبن.
00:56
But this isn't even about Reddit itself.
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ئەوە دەربارەى ڕیديت خۆى نيیە،
لەڕاستيدا دەربارەى حووتى پشت چەماوەيە.
00:58
It's actually about humpback whales.
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باشه‌، ئەوە دەربارەى،
رێكخراوێک ژينگەیی ئاشتيى سه‌وزه‌
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Well, okay, technically it's actually about Greenpeace,
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which is an environmental organization that wanted to stop
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ویستی هه‌ڵمه‌تی ڕاوه‌ نه‌هنگ
حوكمه‌تی ژاپۆنی بوه‌ستێنێت.
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the Japanese government on their whaling campaign.
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These humpback whales were getting killed.
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حووته‌كان لەناو دەبران، ئه‌وان
ویستیان کۆتایی بەم کارەساتە بهێنن.
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They wanted to put an end to it. And one of the ways they wanted to do it
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یه‌كێك له‌و ڕیێگەیانه‌ی
ویستان بیگرنە بەر
01:11
was to put a tracking chip inside one of these humpback whales.
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ئامێرێکی شوێن كەوتن
له‌ سەریەک لە حووتەكان دابنێن.
01:13
But to really kind of personify the movement, they wanted to name it.
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بۆ ئەوەی هەستبزوێن بێت،
ویستیان ناوی لێ بنێن.
01:16
So, in true web fashion they put together a poll
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بە شێوازێکی مۆدێرن،
ئەوان ڕاپرسیان دروست کرد،
01:19
where they had a bunch of very erudite, very thoughtful, cultured names.
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كۆمەڵەیەكى زۆر پسپۆڕيان،
زۆر بەئەندێشە، ناوی کەلتوریان هەبوو.
01:22
I believe this is a Farsi word for "immortal."
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پێم وایە ئەمە وشەیەکی فارسییە
واتا نەمر.
01:24
I think this means "divine power of the ocean"
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پێم وایه‌ ئه‌وه‌ مانای "توانای خودای
ده‌ریایه‌ "له‌ زمانی پۆڵه‌نیه‌كان.
01:27
in a Polynesian language.
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و پاشان لەوێ :
مستەر سپلاشی پانتس هه‌بوو.
01:29
And then there was this: Mister Splashy Pants.
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(پێكەنين)
01:32
(Laughter)
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ئەوە ناوێكى تايبەتى بوو.
01:33
And this, this was special. Mister Pants, or Splashy, to his friends,
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بەڕێز سپلاشی پانتس بۆ هاوڕێيەكانى،
له‌ ئينتەرنێت زۆر به‌ناوبانگ بوو.
01:36
was very popular on the Internet.
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يەكێک لە
ئەندامانی ڕێدیت پێی وابوو:
01:38
In fact, someone on Reddit thought,
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شتێكى مەزنه‌، ده‌بێ ده‌نگی"
"بۆ بدەین.
01:40
"Oh, what a great thing, we should all vote this up."
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01:42
And, you know, Redditors responded and all agreed.
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ڕیديته‌ره‌كان وەڵامیانداوە
و هەموو ڕازی بوون.
01:44
So, the voting started and we actually got behind it ourselves.
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دەنگدان دەستى پێكرد.
ئێمە کشاینەوە دواوە
لۆگۆكه‌مانمان بۆ یەک ڕۆژ گۆڕی،
01:47
We changed our logo, for the day, from the alien
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لە مەخلوقی فەزائی بۆ سپلاشی،
تا يارمەتى سەرخستنی بدەین.
01:49
to a Splashy, to sort of help the cause.
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01:51
And it wasn't long before other sites like Fark
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زۆری نەخایەند تاوەکو، خەڵکیتریش وەک:
وەك فارك و بۆينگ بۆينگ
01:53
and Boing Boing and the rest of the Internet started saying,
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گشت ئينتەرنێت ده‌ستیانكرد به‌ گوتنی:
حەز لە مستەر سپلاشی پانتس دەکەین.
01:55
"Yes! We love Splashy Pants."
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01:57
So, it went from about five percent, which was when this meme started,
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و له‌سه‌دا پێنج تێپه‌ڕی، ئه‌وكاته‌ی
میمیه‌كان ده‌ستی پێكرد،
02:01
to 70 percent at the end of voting.
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به‌ له‌سه‌دا٧٠ كۆتايى به‌دەنگ دان هات.
02:04
Which is pretty impressive right? We won! Mister Splashy Pants
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؟تاڕادەيەك كاريگەره‌، ڕاسته‌
بردمانەوە! مستەر سپلاشی پانتس هەڵبژێردرا.
02:06
was chosen. Hmm, just kidding. Okay.
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گاڵته‌ ده‌كه‌م :ڕێکخراوی سەوز
بە جدی وەرینەگرت.
02:08
So, Greenpeace actually wasn't that crazy about it,
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02:10
because they wanted one of their more thoughtful names to win.
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چونکە دەیانەویست ناوێکی
قووڵتر هەڵبژێردرێت.
02:13
So they said, "No, no, just kidding. We'll give it another week of voting."
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وتیان: تەنها گالته‌یه‌، یەک هەفتە
بۆ دەنگدان درێژدەکەینەوە.
02:16
Well, that got us a little angry.
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وایكرد كه‌مێك توڕه‌ بین بۆیه‌،
گۆڕیمان بۆ سپلاشی توڕە.
02:18
So, we changed it to Fightin' Splashy.
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02:20
(Laughter)
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(پێكەنين)
02:21
And the Reddit community, really,
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كۆمه‌ڵگەی ڕیدیت
و خەڵکیتر لە سەر ئینتەرنێت،
02:23
and the rest of the internet, rather, really got behind this.
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پاڵپشتی ئەم
بیرۆکەیان کرد.
02:25
Facebook groups were getting created. Facebook applications were getting created.
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گرووپى فەيسبوك دروست كرا.
بەرنامەیی بۆ دروست کرا.
02:28
The idea was, "Vote your conscience," vote for Mister Splashy Pants.
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دەیانویست بڵێن: به‌ ويژدانەوە دەنگ
بۆ مستەر سپلاشی پانتس بدە.
02:31
And people were putting up signs in the real world --
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خه‌ڵك له‌ جیهان لۆگۆی
حووتە توڕەکەیان هەڵدەواسی.
02:33
(Laughter) -- about this whale.
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(پێكەنين)
02:35
And this was the final vote. When all was cleared ...
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ئه‌وه‌ دەنگدانى كۆتايیە:
سه‌دا ٧٨ی ده‌نگه‌كان.
02:37
78 percent of the votes, and to give you an idea of the landslide,
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تا بزانن زۆرترین دەنگدان چەند بووە،
دووەم بەزرترین دەنگدان تەنها سەدا ٣ یە.
02:39
the next highest name pulled in three. Okay?
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02:41
So, there was a clear lesson here.
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وانەيەكى ڕوون هەبوو:ئينتەرنێتەكە
حەز لە مستر سپلاشی پانتس دەكات.
02:43
And that was that the Internet loves Mister Splashy Pants.
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Which is obvious. It's a great name.
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كه‌ ئاشكرايە. ئەوە ناوێكى مەزنە.
02:47
Everyone wants to hear their news anchor say, "Mister Splashy Pants."
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دەیانویست لە دەنگ و باس
گوێیان لە مستەر سپلاشی پانتس بێت.
02:50
(Laughter)
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(پێكەنين)
02:51
And I think that's what helped drive this.
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ئەوە یارمەتیدەری
سەرخستنی ئەم ناوە بوو.
02:53
But what was cool was that the repercussions now for Greenpeace
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کاردانەوەکان سەرنج ڕاکیش بوون.
02:55
was, they created an entire marketing campaign around it.
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ئاشتی سه‌وز هه‌ڵمه‌تێکی بازاڕكردنی
دروست كرد
02:58
They sell Mister Splashy Pants shirts and pins.
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مستەر سپلاشی پانتسان
خستە سەر کراس و دەرزی،
03:00
They even created an e-card so you could send your friend a dancing Splashy.
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گرافیکی جوڵاوەیان دروست کرد
کە دەتوانرا بۆ هاوڕێکانت بنێریت.
گرینترین شت ئه‌وه‌ بوو
كه‌ ئه‌ركه‌كه‌یان ته‌واو كرد.
03:03
But what was even more important was the fact that they actually
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03:05
accomplished their mission. The Japanese government called off
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حكومه‌تی ژاپۆنی بڕیاریدا پیشه‌ی
ڕاوه‌ نه‌هنگ بوەستێنرێت.
03:07
their whaling expedition. Mission accomplished.
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ئەركه‌كه‌ ته‌واو كرا:
ئاشتی سه‌وز دڵخۆش بوون.
03:09
Greenpeace was thrilled. The whales were happy. That's a quote.
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حووته‌كه‌ دل خۆش بوون --ئه‌وه‌ وته‌یه‌.
03:12
(Laughter)
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(پێكەنين)
03:14
And actually, Redditors in the Internet community
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و لەڕاستيدا، ڕیديته‌ره‌كان
لە كۆمەڵگەى ئينتەرنێت
03:17
were happy to participate, but they weren't whale lovers.
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دڵخۆش بوون تا بەشدار بن،
بەڵام ئەوان حووتیان خۆشنەدەویست.
03:20
A few of them certainly were. But we're talking about a lot of people
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لەوانەیە هەندێکیان خۆشبووێت
بەڵام زۆرینە نەبوون.
03:22
who were just really interested and really caught up in this great meme,
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به‌ڕاستی چێژم له‌وه‌ وه‌رگرت.
03:24
and in fact someone from Greenpeace came back on the site
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ئاشتی سه‌وز هاتەوە بۆ شوێنەكە
و سوپاسى ڕیدیتی كرد بۆ بەشدارى كردنیان.
03:26
and thanked Reddit for its participation.
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03:28
But this wasn't really out of altruism. This was just out of interest in doing something cool.
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؛به‌ڵام لەڕاستيدا خۆنه‌پەرەستى بوو
تەنها چێژ وه‌رگرتنه‌ لە كردنی شتێكی خۆش.
03:31
And this is kind of how the Internet works.
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ئه‌وه‌یه‌ كه‌ چۆن ئینتەرنێت.
كارده‌كات، نهێنیه‌كی گه‌وره‌یه‌.
03:33
This is that great big secret. Because the Internet provides this level playing field.
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ئینتەرنێت بوارێکی یەکسان
بەردەست دەخات.
03:36
Your link is just as good as your link,
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هەموومان یەکسانین و دەنگمان هەیە.
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which is just as good as my link. As long as we have a browser,
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anyone can get to any website no matter how big a budget you have.
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لەگەڵ گه‌ڕۆكێك، دەتوانن بگه‌ن به‌
هەر وێبسايتێك.
03:42
That is, as long as you can keep net neutrality in place.
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بۆیە: تا دەکرێت
ئینتەرنێت بە بێلایەن بهێڵەرەوە.
03:45
The other important thing is that it costs nothing to get that content online now.
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شتێكی گرنگتر ئه‌وه‌ی كه‌ به‌بێ
خه‌رجی بتوانی بچیته‌ ناو بابەتەکان.
03:48
There are so many great publishing tools that are available,
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ئامراز بڵاوكردنەوەی جۆراوجۆر بەردەسته‌،
03:50
it only takes a few minutes of your time now to actually produce something.
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تەنها چەند خولەكێك دەبات
تا شتێك بەرهەم بهێنێت.
03:52
And the cost of iteration is so cheap that you might as well give it a go.
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و تێچوی دوباره‌كردنه‌وه‌
زۆر كه‌مه‌.
03:55
And if you do, be genuine about it. Be honest. Be up front.
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ئه‌گه‌ر ئەم کارە ئەنجام
دەدەیت داهێنەر و ڕاستگۆبه‌.
03:57
And one of the great lessons that Greenpeace actually learned
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یه‌كیك له‌و وانانه‌ی
ئاشتی سه‌وز فێربوو
03:59
was that it's okay to lose control.
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ئاسایه‌ گه‌ر گشت شتێک
لەژێر کۆنتڕۆڵ نەبێت،
04:01
It's okay to take yourself a little less seriously,
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ئاسایە گەر نەختێک جدی نەبیت،
04:04
given that, even though it's a very serious cause,
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دەزانين كە، هەرچەندە
ئەوە مەسەلەیەکی زۆر جديیە،
04:06
you could ultimately achieve your final goal.
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دەتوانيت ئامانجەکەت
بەدەست بهێنيت.
04:08
And that's the final message that I want to share with all of you --
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ئەوە كۆتا په‌یامه‌ دەمەوێت بیگه‌ێنم:
تۆ دەتوانيت باش ئۆنڵاين بكەيت.
04:10
that you can do well online.
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بەڵام شەرت نییە
شتە باشەکان لە سەرەوە بۆ خوارەوە بن.
04:12
But no longer is the message going to be coming from just the top down.
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گەر بتەوێت سەربکەویت، دەبێت لات
ئاسایی بێت کۆنتڕۆل لە دەست بدەیت.
04:15
If you want to succeed you've got to be okay to just lose control.
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04:17
Thank you.
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سوپاس.
04:19
(Applause)
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(چەپڵه‌ )
Translated by Begard Peshraw
Reviewed by Koya University

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alexis Ohanian - Entrepreneur
Alexis Ohanian is the co-founder an executive chairman of Reddit, a social-voting news website with geek allegiances, a small-town feel and a penchant for lighting up the memes your friends IM you about next week.

Why you should listen

Reddit, co-founded by Alexis Ohanian and friend Steve Huffman, has become one of the World Wide Web's most striking examples of democracy in action. Founded in 2005, it grew a user base of tens of thousands and quickly attracted the attention of publisher Condé Nast, which acquired it in 2006. Unlike "social bookmarking" sites (such as Delicious), Reddit fashions itself a platform for "social news," where the readers themselves control the front page by voting stories up above and down below the fold.

Ohanian left Reddit in his official capacity in 2009, but returned in 2014 as executive chairman. He has continued to be involved with the site's direction as a sort of godfather, dispensing friendly wisdom (and t-shirts) from his user account, kn0thing. Of late, he's focusing on Breadpig, a hub for geeky books and merchandise. In early 2010, he spent three months in Armenia as a Kiva Fellow.

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Alexis Ohanian | Speaker | TED.com