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Facebook makes me hate the people I know, and Reddit makes me love the people I don't.

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Alexis Ohanian
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: April 24
Entrepreneur
Internet Entrepreneur
Investor
Venture Capitalist
Brooklyn
New York
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Alexis Kerry Ohanian
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If you want to succeed, you've got to be okay to just lose control.
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