Reddit user says she didn’t plant softball question for Obama, but wishes she had

President Barack Obama’s half-hour “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit earned the president credibility with young digital natives and an affirmation that the president “gets the internet.” Mitt Romney’s purchase of a Twitter trending topic, announced the same day, seemed like astroturfing by contrast. But earlier today, a conspiracy theory surfaced on Reddit’s front page that accused the president of planting a question in his supposedly uncensored digital town hall.