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

Alexis Ohanian: Como fazer sucesso na mídia social

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Em divertidos e rápidos 4 minutos, Alexis Ohanian da Reddit conta a fábula real de uma baleia jubarte que se torna estrela da Web. A lição do Senhor Splashy Pants é o clássico favorito dos criadores de meme e marketeiros na Era Facebook.
- 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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Então, atualmente, existem muitos consultores web 2.0 ganhando muito dinheiro.
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In fact, they make their livings on this kind of stuff.
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Na verdade, eles fazem a vida com esse tipo de coisa.
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I'm going to try and save you all the time and all the money
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Eu vou tentar salvar todo o tempo e dinheiro possível para vocês
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and go through it in the next three minutes, so bear with me.
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falando sobre isto nos próximos três minutos, por isso aguentem comigo.
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Started a website back in 2005, with a few friends of mine,
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Comecei uma página de internet in 2005, com alguns amigos,
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called Reddit.com.
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chama-se Reddit.com.
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That's what you'd call a social news website.
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Ele é o que vocês podem chamar de um site de notícias sociais.
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Basically all that means is that the democratic front page
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Basicamente o que isso siginfica é que a página frontal democrática
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is the best stuff on the web. You find some interesting content,
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é a melhor coisa hoje na internet. Você encontra alguns conteúdos interessantes,
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say a TEDTalk,
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digamos, uma palestra do TED,
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submit it to Reddit, and the community of your peers
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submete-a ao Reddit, e a comunidade dos seus amigos
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will vote it up if they like it, vote it down if they don't.
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votarão favorável se eles gostarem, e votar desfavorável se eles não gostarem.
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And that creates the front page. It's always rising, falling, always changing.
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E isto cria a página frontal. Está sempre mudando, entre altos e baixos.
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About a half million people visit every day. But this isn't about Reddit.
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Cerca de meio milhão de pessoas a visita todo dia. Mas isto não é sobre Reddit.
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This is actually about discovering new things that pop up on the web.
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Tem a ver com descobrir coisas novas que surgem na web.
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Because in the last four years we've seen all kinds of memes,
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Porque nos últimos quatro anos vimos todo tipo de idéias,
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all kinds of trends get born right on our front page.
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Todo tipo de tendências nascem bem alí na nossa página frontal.
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But this isn't even about Reddit itself.
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Mas isto não tem a ver com o Reddit em si.
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It's actually about humpback whales.
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Na verdade está relacionado as Baleias Jubartes.
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Well, okay, technically it's actually about Greenpeace,
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Bem, tecnicamente isto tem a ver com o Greenpeace,
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which is an environmental organization that wanted to stop
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que é uma organização ecológica que quer fazer com que
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the Japanese government on their whaling campaign.
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o governo japonês pare com a campanha de pesca a baleia.
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These humpback whales were getting killed.
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Essas baleias jubartes estavam sendo mortas.
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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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Eles queriam dar um fim a isto. E uma das formas como eles queriam fazê-lo
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was to put a tracking chip inside one of these humpback whales.
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era colocando um chip localizador em uma dessas baleias jubarte.
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But to really kind of personify the movement, they wanted to name it.
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Mas para realmente personificar o movimento, eles querem dar um nome a ele.
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So, in true web fashion they put together a poll
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Então, seguindo uma moda da internet eles criaram uma votação
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where they had a bunch of very erudite, very thoughtful, cultured names.
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em que eles tinham muitos nomes bem eruditos, bem pensados e culturais.
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I believe this is a Farsi word for "immortal."
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Eu acredito que este seja uma palavra que significa "imortal" em Farsi.
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I think this means "divine power of the ocean"
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Eu acho que este significa "poder divino do oceano"
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in a Polynesian language.
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em uma língua da Polinésia.
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And then there was this: Mister Splashy Pants.
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E então lá estava esse: Mister Splashy Pants (Senhor Calça respingadada).
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(Laughter)
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(Risos)
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And this, this was special. Mister Pants, or Splashy, to his friends,
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E isto, isto era especial. Senhor Calça, ou Respingado, para os amigos,
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was very popular on the Internet.
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era muito popular na internet.
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In fact, someone on Reddit thought,
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Na verdade, alguém no Reddit pensou,
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"Oh, what a great thing, we should all vote this up."
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"Oh, que coisa legal, devíamos todos votar neste."
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And, you know, Redditors responded and all agreed.
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E, você sabe, os editores do Reddit responderam e todos concordaram.
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So, the voting started and we actually got behind it ourselves.
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Então, a votação começou e nós realmente nos envolvemos.
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We changed our logo, for the day, from the alien
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Nós mudamos nossa logomarca, para o dia: do alien
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to a Splashy, to sort of help the cause.
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para o Respingado para, tipo, ajudar a causa.
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And it wasn't long before other sites like Fark
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E não demorou muito até que outros sites como Fark
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and Boing Boing and the rest of the Internet started saying,
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e Boing Boing e o resto da internet começarem a dizer,
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"Yes! We love Splashy Pants."
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"Sim! Nós amamos Calça Respingada."
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So, it went from about five percent, which was when this meme started,
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Então, passou de cerca de cinco porcento, que foi quando essa idéia começou,
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to 70 percent at the end of voting.
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para 70 porcento ao final da votação.
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Which is pretty impressive right? We won! Mister Splashy Pants
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O que é muito impressionante, correto? Nós ganhamos! Senhor Splashy Pants
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was chosen. Hmm, just kidding. Okay.
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foi escolhido. Hmm, brincadeirinha. Ok.
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So, Greenpeace actually wasn't that crazy about it,
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Então, na verdade o Greenpeace não estava tão louco assim pela idéia,
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because they wanted one of their more thoughtful names to win.
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porque eles queriam que um de seus nomes mais bem pensados ganhasse.
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So they said, "No, no, just kidding. We'll give it another week of voting."
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Então eles disseram, "Não, não, brincadeirinha. Daremos mais uma semana de votação."
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Well, that got us a little angry.
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Bem, isto nos deixou um pouco bravos.
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So, we changed it to Fightin' Splashy.
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Então, mudamos para Lutando pelo Respingado.
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(Laughter)
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(Risos)
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And the Reddit community, really,
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E a comunidade Reddit, realmente,
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and the rest of the internet, rather, really got behind this.
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e o resto da internet, de alguma forma assumiu isso.
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Facebook groups were getting created. Facebook applications were getting created.
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Grupos eram criados no Facebook. Aplicações para Facebook estavam sendo criadas.
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The idea was, "Vote your conscience," vote for Mister Splashy Pants.
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A idéia era, "Vote pela sua consciência", vote Senhor Splashy Pants.
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And people were putting up signs in the real world --
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E as pessoas estavam colocando cartazes no mundo real --
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(Laughter) -- about this whale.
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(Risos) -- sobre esta baleia.
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And this was the final vote. When all was cleared ...
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E esta foi a votação final. Quando tudo ficou claro...
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78 percent of the votes, and to give you an idea of the landslide,
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78 porcento dos votos, e para te dar uma idéia da vantagem,
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the next highest name pulled in three. Okay?
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o próximo nome mais votado teve 3. Ok?
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So, there was a clear lesson here.
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Então, ali estava uma clara lição.
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And that was that the Internet loves Mister Splashy Pants.
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E a verdade é que a Internet ama o Senhor Calça Respingada..
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Which is obvious. It's a great name.
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O que é óbvio. Pois é um nome legal.
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Everyone wants to hear their news anchor say, "Mister Splashy Pants."
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Todo mundo queria ouvir o âncora da TV dizer, "Senhor Splashy Pants".
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(Laughter)
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(Risos)
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And I think that's what helped drive this.
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E eu acho que isso ajudou a direcionar isto.
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But what was cool was that the repercussions now for Greenpeace
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Mas o que foi legal é a repercussão para o Greenpeace
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was, they created an entire marketing campaign around it.
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eles criaram toda uma campanha de marketing em torno disto.
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They sell Mister Splashy Pants shirts and pins.
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Eles vendem camisetas e acessórios do Mister Splashy Pants.
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They even created an e-card so you could send your friend a dancing Splashy.
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Eles até criaram um e-card para que você possa enviar para os seus amigos um Splashy dançante.
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But what was even more important was the fact that they actually
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Mas ainda mais importante foi o fato que eles realmente
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accomplished their mission. The Japanese government called off
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cumpriram sua missão. O governo japonês cancelou
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their whaling expedition. Mission accomplished.
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sua expedição de caça à baleia. Missão cumprida.
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Greenpeace was thrilled. The whales were happy. That's a quote.
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Greenpeace estava vibrando. As baleias estavam felizes. Isso é que é frase.
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(Laughter)
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(Risos)
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And actually, Redditors in the Internet community
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E é claro, os editores da Reddit e a comunidade da Internet
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were happy to participate, but they weren't whale lovers.
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estavam felizes em participar, mesmo que não fossem amantes de baleias.
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A few of them certainly were. But we're talking about a lot of people
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Alguns deles com certeza eram. Mas estamos falando sobre um monte de pessoas
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who were just really interested and really caught up in this great meme,
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que se interessaram e foram realmente pegas nesse grande meme,
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and in fact someone from Greenpeace came back on the site
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e na verdade alguém do Greenpeace voltou ao site
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and thanked Reddit for its participation.
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e agradeceu ao Reddit por sua participação.
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But this wasn't really out of altruism. This was just out of interest in doing something cool.
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Mas isso não era realmente altruísmo. Era apenas pelo interesse em fazer algo legal.
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And this is kind of how the Internet works.
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E isso mostra em parte como a Internet funciona.
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This is that great big secret. Because the Internet provides this level playing field.
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Este é aquele grande segredo. Porque a internet possibilita este nível de liberdade.
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Your link is just as good as your link,
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Seu link é bom no limite do seu link,
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which is just as good as my link. As long as we have a browser,
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que é tão bom quanto meu link. Desde que tenhamos um navegador,
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anyone can get to any website no matter how big a budget you have.
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qualquer um pode chegar a qualquer website não importando qual grande seu orçamento é.
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That is, as long as you can keep net neutrality in place.
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Isto é, desde que se consiga manter a neutralidade da rede no seu devido lugar.
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The other important thing is that it costs nothing to get that content online now.
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A outra coisa importante é que não custa nada colocar este conteúdo online agora.
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There are so many great publishing tools that are available,
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Existem tantas ferramentas de publicação disponíveis,
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it only takes a few minutes of your time now to actually produce something.
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e leva apenas alguns minutos do seu tempo para realmente produzir algo.
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And the cost of iteration is so cheap that you might as well give it a go.
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E o custo da interação é tão barato que talvez você queira conferir.
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And if you do, be genuine about it. Be honest. Be up front.
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E se você o fizer, seja genuíno. Seja honesto. mostre a sua cara.
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And one of the great lessons that Greenpeace actually learned
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E uma das grandes lições que o Greenpeace realmente aprendeu
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was that it's okay to lose control.
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foi que não tem problema perder o controle.
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It's okay to take yourself a little less seriously,
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Não tem problema levar-se um pouco menos a sério,
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given that, even though it's a very serious cause,
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dito isso, mesmo que a causa seja muito séria,
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you could ultimately achieve your final goal.
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ainda assim você poderá atingir seu objetivo final.
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And that's the final message that I want to share with all of you --
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E esta é a mensagem final que gostaria de compratilhar com todos vocês --
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that you can do well online.
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que você pode ir bem online.
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But no longer is the message going to be coming from just the top down.
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Mas a mensagem não virá mais somente de cima para baixo.
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If you want to succeed you've got to be okay to just lose control.
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Se você quer ter sucesso você tem que aceitar perder o controle.
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Thank you.
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Obrigado.
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(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
Translated by Christine Veras
Reviewed by JEFFERSON NETTO

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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.

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

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