https://np.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3cucye/an_old_team_at_reddit/csz2p3i?context=3
created by lolthr0w on 12/07/2015 at 22:38 UTC
1547 upvotes, 23 top-level comments (showing 23)
Comment by frankenmine at 13/07/2015 at 02:21 UTC
262 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Do not believe anything anyone from reddit corporate says about recent events. Their primary interest is in surviving this PR crisis, not being transparent or honest or accountable or anything of the sort. If Alexis thinks he has something to gain by painting Ellen in a better light, he will do exactly that. There are many possible reasons he may want to do this. It's meaningless to speculate. Simply ignore anything they say and focus on what they do from now on.
Comment by [deleted] at 13/07/2015 at 01:01 UTC
302 upvotes, 8 direct replies
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Comment by -moose- at 13/07/2015 at 01:11 UTC
70 upvotes, 0 direct replies
you might enjoy
Popcorn tastes good.
/r/IAmA set to private over mod firing
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Idea /r/conspiracy, but I'd like KiA's thoughts: "Pao is just Interim CEO to take heat while they make unpopular changes, then she'll "step down" and people will think they won."
Pao is just Interim CEO to take heat while they make unpopular changes, then she'll "step down" and people will think they won.
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New Reddit CEO Says He Won’t Reverse Pao’s Moves After Her Exit
https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/3czn12/new_reddit_ceo_says_he_wont_reverse_paos_moves/
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Is Reddit about to Digg™ its own grave? Leaked discussion from private sub-reddit showing that Reddit admins, including co-founder /u/kn0thing, are meeting with, "experts and activists" and may be looking at limiting site freedoms against people or groups deemed offensive.
Comment by SkyF0x at 13/07/2015 at 02:19 UTC
34 upvotes, 2 direct replies
We knew this from day one... Why are you guys acting surprised?
Comment by [deleted] at 13/07/2015 at 04:33 UTC
12 upvotes, 0 direct replies
What a colossal piece of shit.
Comment by JustOneVote at 13/07/2015 at 04:00 UTC
23 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Wasn't it clear from the beginning that he had fired her? It said it was decision pretty early on. I think it was in his post to /r/modtalk.
Comment by lolthr0w at 12/07/2015 at 23:40 UTC
99 upvotes, 3 direct replies
**It was my decision to change how we work with AMAs** and the transition was my failure and I hope we can keep moving forward from that lesson.
Kn0thing is the Chairman of the Board at reddit. That is a position *above* CEO, and *certainly* above the position of *interim CEO.*
Ellen remains with reddit and probably got a nice severance package to go along with it. As far as we know, she had nothing to do with any of the decisions we protested.
Comment by ChronaMewX at 13/07/2015 at 03:43 UTC
16 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Can we get rid of him too?
How does him staying benefit any of us users
Comment by Valisk at 13/07/2015 at 10:18 UTC
7 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Ugh.. Fine, Get the torches and pitch forks back out.
Goddamnit. I thought we got past this.
Comment by wowy-lied at 13/07/2015 at 11:19 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Reddit...no wonders i hard filtered any post about Ellen Pao. You reacted violently without any hint of what was really happening once again. And once again no one will learn anything and the next time reddit employees are doing something you will take your pitchfork, scream and not even wait for evidences... I am really ashamed if this situation.
Comment by Nogarda at 13/07/2015 at 01:43 UTC*
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Now I'm interested to see how reddit reacts to this. But weirdly I doubt it'll get nowhere near the traction it did with Pao. Still there are some out there who won't stop until she [victoria] is magically reinstated.
Comment by Grrbam at 13/07/2015 at 09:56 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
She's either a definitely scapegoat because of her bad history, misunderstood the behind the leader positions (as for co-founder, CEO, etc.) and everyone is jumping into bandwagon without thinking twice.. Or she's really doing horrible job that the admin sneakily wants her to leave.
Comment by duluoz1 at 13/07/2015 at 11:29 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This isn't news. Everybody knew this already. Nothing new here.
Comment by piratebroadcast at 13/07/2015 at 15:36 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Alexis is a fame whore and always has been. I bet he eliminated Victorias position so HE would be the one hobnobbing with celebrities during AMAs.
Comment by [deleted] at 13/07/2015 at 01:50 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Not saying whose fault it is. I honestly don't know and neither does anyone else. But as a founder and chairman of the board, he could just be implying that as the top dog, it was his responsibility, not his actual decision to fire her or that he pulled the trigger himself. Or it could mean he did. Who the fuck knows. It's time for all this to blow over.
Comment by [deleted] at 13/07/2015 at 02:40 UTC
3 upvotes, 2 direct replies
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Comment by Soul_Purpose at 13/07/2015 at 04:56 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Why are people revising mentions of her (P.ao and E|len)?
Comment by touchthisface at 13/07/2015 at 23:20 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
But why was she fired?
Comment by absinthedoctor at 13/07/2015 at 05:38 UTC
-1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I know this is a stretch for most people, but hear me out.
Maybe, JUST MAYBE, she was total shit at her job. Maybe, JUST MAYBE, there was more to this than we all know, and that there were things behind the scenes that we aren't privy to. I've worked a lot of places, and I have never seen someone get fired who didn't, in some way, deserve it.
Comment by c0ldsh0w3r at 13/07/2015 at 03:09 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I'm glad the psychos have yet soemthing else to bitch about...
Comment by Thompson_S_Sweetback at 13/07/2015 at 01:33 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I like how his name is "know nothing." It's got that old school oppression plus new fangled leet speak.
Comment by TooYoungForThisLoL at 13/07/2015 at 12:51 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Why not, instead of letting Victoria go, offer her some other position that she did not have qualms with, until the whole thing got sorted out?
Comment by [deleted] at 13/07/2015 at 04:20 UTC
-2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
She was; why else do you think she pulled her shit about Kliener Perkins? She personally wasn't any debt or legal trouble; Buddy was. As a woman; she could have easily gotten the courts to let her off, and she couldn't testify against him due to spousal privilege in the fifth amendment.
That's what she's good at. Spin and taking falls for people; she's a form of damage control.