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View submission: An old team at reddit
continuing the work Ellen started to drive this forward
Could you elaborate more on which goals or projects were started by Ellen and will be picked up by Steve.
Thanks!
Comment by [deleted] at 10/07/2015 at 22:07 UTC*
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Comment by boners_in_space at 10/07/2015 at 22:36 UTC
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Especially related to Pao's comment today on why she resigned: "Ultimately, the board asked me to demonstrate higher user growth in the next six months than I believe I can deliver while maintaining reddit’s core principles,".
What is in works to get this done and how will it affect the site / community?
Comment by IRushPeople at 10/07/2015 at 21:49 UTC
2046 upvotes, 36 direct replies
This is arguably the most important part. If there's a new CEO, but nothing's different...then what? What changed?
Comment by Dracunos at 10/07/2015 at 22:27 UTC
15 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Okay, enough messing around. Let's just ask the *real* important question:
Will spacedicks finally be a default subscribed sub for new users?
Comment by 8llllllllllllD---- at 10/07/2015 at 22:05 UTC
85 upvotes, 6 direct replies
Yes, Will the new CEO:
I'm sure it's too late to un-shadowban people, but just stopping the practice as a whole would be nice.
If not, then fuck the new CEO
Comment by simjanes2k at 10/07/2015 at 22:12 UTC
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That part is pretty concerning, unless he means the work she started literally this week.
Comment by darkblackspider at 10/07/2015 at 22:06 UTC
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Reddit safe spaces
Comment by [deleted] at 11/07/2015 at 01:47 UTC
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Basically, they are trying to deny that her stepping down had anything to do with the backlash and that she had positive impacts on the community (she didn't).
It's customary for an exiting CEO, and these comments can be ignored. She will not be missed.
Comment by HoosierBeenJammin at 11/07/2015 at 00:22 UTC
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I have a hunch all of these nice things about Ellen might be more about PR and lawsuit avoidance than anything else.
Granted, this hunch is based on only what reddit has told me about Ellen Pao.
Comment by [deleted] at 11/07/2015 at 01:46 UTC
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this, since her wildly out of touch policies sparked this in the first place, why on earth would you continue down the same path?
Comment by SomeManWearingShoes at 11/07/2015 at 12:08 UTC
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I would think it's "to be a place where people can post links and comments that doesn't break down all that often."
Comment by PsychMarketing at 11/07/2015 at 02:52 UTC
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goals or projects had to have been started in order for them to be passed along... just saying....
Comment by whiskeytango55 at 11/07/2015 at 01:44 UTC
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The ones where you don't want to totally throw someone under a bus but leave it open ended
Comment by EastBayHobbit at 12/07/2015 at 08:10 UTC
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Of course. When pressed to the real questions Steve is nowhere to be found. Voat.co!
Comment by TheMonteeBallProblem at 11/07/2015 at 01:30 UTC
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Well, he didn't use a qualifier, so I would assume he plans to continue all of it.
Comment by hyperduc at 11/07/2015 at 00:24 UTC
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This is why I came here.
What great work did Pao accomplish and what is being continued?
Hoping it was just for the press and her image...
Comment by eden_sc2 at 11/07/2015 at 03:06 UTC
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Sounds very corporate speak for "we dont want to rock the boat"
Comment by Lv10Necro at 11/07/2015 at 03:50 UTC
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Ha-ha it's like the opposite of Kliener-Perkins.
Comment by sodamop at 11/07/2015 at 03:12 UTC
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He means monetizing IAMAs among other things of course. A lot of people are running around screaming that Pao was given the short end of the stick because she was only trying to clean up the community and make it more supportive, but the fact is she was doing a LOT more than that. Like attempting to monetize IAMAs.
This of course is the crux of the issue. Sure, delete the fat-people-whatever forums. (cant help but note /r/spacedicks is still there and was never once threatened). But the desire to turn IAMAs profit sources is a big goddamned deal.
Comment by Devieus at 10/07/2015 at 22:50 UTC
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That's pretty much the core of the problem itself, the head was a black box.
Comment by TRAUMAjunkie at 11/07/2015 at 02:09 UTC
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Meet the new boss.
Same as the old boss.
Comment by OnTheLeveeee at 11/07/2015 at 02:21 UTC
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Uh.. all of them.
Comment by YaoSlap at 10/07/2015 at 22:56 UTC
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To me this is just business speak. You have to be professional.
Comment by LordSwedish at 10/07/2015 at 23:45 UTC
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She probably did a lot of good behind the scenes and if nothing else they may brand any future banning of nazi/pedo subs as a "continuation of Ellen's path" for PR reasons.