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"etymology_text": "This style of interview was popularized in the r/IAmA subreddit founded in 2009, where users post prompts for others to ask questions by stating who they are and adding the phrase “Ask me anything!”.",
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"ref": "2015 March 11, Abby Ohlheiser, “What Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the Web, has to say about Internet harassment”, in The Washington Post",
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"ref": "2015 July 8, Brian Lynch, Courtnie Swearingen, “Why We Shut Down Reddit’s ‘Ask Me Anything’ Forum”, in The New York Times",
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