1315 upvotes, 21 direct replies (showing 21)
View submission: /r/IAmA set to private over mod firing
This seems to be a seriously stupid decision. We have several AMAs upcoming in /r/books and have no idea how to contact the authors.
Comment by Nurglings at 02/07/2015 at 19:12 UTC
527 upvotes, 6 direct replies
I didn't even think that the sub mods probably wouldn't have any contact info for various AMAs. This is going to wreck a lot of shit for the next few months.
Comment by TheForrestFire at 02/07/2015 at 19:35 UTC
25 upvotes, 0 direct replies
That sucks :( I love the /r/books AMAs.
Comment by [deleted] at 02/07/2015 at 22:35 UTC*
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by [deleted] at 02/07/2015 at 22:34 UTC
6 upvotes, 2 direct replies
I can't believe the admins left you guys high and dry like that.
Comment by Lasagnahead at 02/07/2015 at 21:16 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This. It is so dumb
Comment by Alchemistmerlin at 02/07/2015 at 21:35 UTC
3 upvotes, 3 direct replies
This seems to be a seriously stupid decision.
To be fair, unless you know something I don't, we don't know why she was fired. It is entirely possible there is a valid (and justifiably private) reason.
Comment by [deleted] at 03/07/2015 at 02:56 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I stayed out of the Pao fun until now, but firing Victoria really pisses me off.
Comment by kaboutermeisje at 02/07/2015 at 20:28 UTC*
16 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Well, on the plus side this is the first time reddit has actually gotten upset about something bad happening to a woman, so we got that going for us.
Comment by Eternally65 at 02/07/2015 at 21:22 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It seems the current trend is to take the sub private, like /r/iama and now /r/science.
Comment by SolarAquarion at 02/07/2015 at 21:36 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Thank God, for the fact that /r/android coordinates our own AMAs. We have mods who's job is to contact people and help them
Comment by [deleted] at 02/07/2015 at 20:23 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
That's a shame, someone who was very helpful to a lot of the default subreddits and all of a sudden she gets fired? Only thing I can think of is the Jesse Jackson AMA backlash, but we'll see in the days to come...
Comment by moush at 02/07/2015 at 23:33 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
That has more to do with too many people relying on one person and getting upset when they're gone. You need to be more reliant on yourself.
Comment by Fenris_uy at 03/07/2015 at 13:54 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
How is letting get yourself completely out of the loop of the upcoming AMAs for the subreddit that you moderate something stupid on Reddit side?
Comment by ky1e at 02/07/2015 at 21:44 UTC
0 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The authors know how to contact the /r/books mods, though.
Comment by [deleted] at 02/07/2015 at 21:24 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
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Comment by dichtbringer at 03/07/2015 at 00:36 UTC
0 upvotes, 1 direct replies
You should just make the sub private like all the other mods with a spine.
Comment by [deleted] at 02/07/2015 at 23:41 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Lawl, they have an email address you can send your concerns to...
Comment by RobertTheSpruce at 02/07/2015 at 23:55 UTC
0 upvotes, 1 direct replies
As long as it makes the mods feel more important. That's the main thing.
Comment by [deleted] at 03/07/2015 at 00:00 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So you have a reason to go dark too.
Comment by [deleted] at 02/07/2015 at 20:00 UTC*
-9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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Comment by kn0thing at 02/07/2015 at 21:19 UTC
-881 upvotes, 5 direct replies
We're still handling this -- please direct emails to AMA@reddit.com -- and are in touch with the scheduled AMAs across the platform.