Rep. Issa hopes freshman class includes redditors

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) on Wednesday indicated he hopes reddit will become more popular with members of the new Congress.

"I trust the new freshman class includes some who" know how to chat on reddit, Issa said in response to a question on the social news site. "Fingers crossed."

He added that current Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.) have held Q&As, known as AMAs on the site, in the past.

President Obama also used reddit during his campaign. The popular, though niche, site is becoming a powerful tool for politicians who take the time to understand the site's sometimes complicated code of conduct for posting and interacting with other users.

Issa, a technology lover who has played a cautioning role over legislation attempting to regulate the Internet, held an Ask Me Anything (AMA) chat Wednesday. He asked users to weigh in on a new plan to prohibit regulatory agencies from enacting rules that affect the Internet for two years, calling it an attempt to "make Washington take a break  from messing with the Internet."

Issa explained during the AMA that it is "not a bill (yet) but it's a statement of principles I think should be refined, collaborated upon and applied when government considers issues affecting the Internet and individual rights and freedoms. [Its language is] 'loose' so we have space to work together on it."

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