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Primary sources are acceptable in limited circumstances, namely as a citation for when someone said something (as opposed to as a statement of fact or notability). There are some reddit AMAs being cited on Wikipedia, e.g. Patrick Stewart's AMA is cited here as saying he likes Yorkshire Tea
For example, the lemmy AMA could be cited as "According to the lemmy developers, the goals of lemmy are X, Y, and Z"
However, primary sources on their own do not establish notability, which is the issue at hand here.