We are the nerds : the birth and tumultuous life of Reddit, the internet's culture laboratory / Christine Lagorio-Chafkin.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-478) and index.

This guy has no shame -- How to start a startup -- Not your standard fixed-point combinator -- Front page of the internet -- "It's online." -- Hell summer -- How to act like a real adult -- Rounding error -- The algorithm and the cupboard -- "You are making us sound stupid" -- We are the nerds -- The deal -- Chasing that moment -- Millionaires' ball -- "You aren't a bank teller" -- A moment before dying -- The physicist, the information cowboy, the hacker, and the troll -- Mister splashy pants and the large hadron collider -- Tools, yo -- Take me home -- The ones that got away -- Geek woodstock -- Exodus and ill will -- Free speech sandbox -- Blackout -- Meet your new ceo -- Not bad! -- The id -- Omniscient guardians of the depths -- The internet bus -- Boston -- Money on the mind -- Every man is responsible for his own soul -- Tiny boxes -- Unbelievable because it's so weird -- Closer to yes -- "The poltergeist" -- Revenge and revenge porn -- Fame and its inverse -- Amageddon -- The return of steve -- Fuzzy approach -- "Serendipity" and "bullshit" -- R/thedonald -- Spezgiving -- What's good for the united states -- This is my whole life -- Reddit 4.0 -- Salesman emeritus -- Live from hollywood -- All together now -- Acknowledgments -- Sources -- Notes.