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View submission: /r/IAmA set to private over mod firing
I think at this point, whatever led to the firing is going to throw users for a loop. I mean everyone is saying how much they loved her and how much of a pleasant soul she was and I agree, she did seem quite pleasant. BUT....
We have to wait to find out, if any, the official reason for her firing before people start taking up arms.
Comment by [deleted] at 02/07/2015 at 19:20 UTC
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Comment by ImmortalSanchez at 02/07/2015 at 19:17 UTC
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People really seemed to like unidan before his banning. I liked Victoria, I suppose, but I think it would be funny if it turns out she was massively breaking site rules or something
Comment by techsupport_rekall at 02/07/2015 at 19:16 UTC
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Yeah, I'm kind of genuinely startled by this because it's got that kind of heady portentous smell on it, like coconut oil and ballpark salt. But I don't feel a need to get pitchforky about it yet, there's a lot of variables that need to be untangled.
The *timing* and previous dumbass decisions by reddit makes the Jackson AMA the likely vector for the drama, but there's not a lot of proof yet.
Comment by andrew2209 at 02/07/2015 at 20:39 UTC
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It's possible it's something that would be grounds for obvious firing, like punching an employee over catering arrangements[1], but the pitchforks could come out regardless. Unfortunately for Ellen Pao and the other senior admins, it adds another entry into the list some users are compiling against the admins, and losing /r/IAMA could genuinely hurt reddit.
1: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31824040
Comment by ANewMachine615 at 02/07/2015 at 19:25 UTC
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I doubt they'll comment on it at all. Odds are they'll say they terminated her, effective immediately, end of story.
Comment by I_am_le_tired at 02/07/2015 at 23:31 UTC
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Well if you always wait to hear both sides before committing to a reaction, you're most likely not going to hear the second side; i.e. in this specific case, if no one made a fuss about Victoria disappearing, there is no way reddit would address the issue.
Now at least, with enough uproar, we have a good chance at it.
And we do have an opinion, in the sense we have witnessed with our own eyes how good of a worker she was (2000 AMAs? That's crazy!) & that only the craziest reasons would warrant letting such a productive & beloved employee go.
I think it's our right to be upset, & it's Reddit responsability to convince us they made a rational decision, even though I understand they don't want to discuss these issues publicly. The smart thing to do would have been to give her a severance package & ask her to leave on her own & on her own timeline if they really needed her to go, thus avoiding our legitimate demand for transparency & explainations about the loss of such an asset.
Comment by commanderspoonface at 02/07/2015 at 20:46 UTC
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What's your LGBT mafia pilot script?
Comment by trippy_grape at 03/07/2015 at 04:50 UTC
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We have to wait to find out, if any, the official reason for her firing before people start taking up arms.
It doesn't matter the reason she was fired. If you're going to fire someone make sure you have a backup plan. It's incredibly unprofessional to leave dozens of subreddits hanging when it comes to AMA info.