-3991 upvotes, 65 direct replies (showing 25)
View submission: An old team at reddit
Ellen is a class act. I have gotten to know Ellen well as we’ve worked closely together over the past eight months and I’m impressed by her hard work and integrity as she’s strived to do what’s right for both reddit the company and reddit the community. I have admired her fearlessness and calm throughout our time together and look forward to following her impact on Silicon Valley and beyond. 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. Today was another step. I'm really excited to be working with Steve again and appreciate what Ellen did during her time here.
Comment by CastiNueva at 13/07/2015 at 16:36 UTC
868 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Wow. A member of Reddit's board sat for days, letting Ms. Pao take all the blame and vitriol for his bad decision? To the point that she stepped down from her position?
That's a class act man. Class act.
At least you're admitting it, but frankly, you owe her an apology way more than you owe us one.
Comment by [deleted] at 14/07/2015 at 08:38 UTC
48 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I guess coming out and saying that "during" the fire storm would have taken more balls than you had?
Comment by Fahsan3KBattery at 11/07/2015 at 11:00 UTC*
116 upvotes, 2 direct replies
OK now I'm actually quite angry. Not at you (well a bit) but at reddit's community and at the unfairness of this whole thing.
You set the strategic direction at reddit.
You made the changes (most of which I actually agree with BTW) that made the community unhappy
You fired Victoria without a proper handover plan.
You failed to tell the mods.
You mishandled the PR (popcorn etc...)
So /u/ekjp's the one that gets hounded out of her job by a bunch of misogynists with their disgusting threats and you stay sitting pretty and get to have your old mate as Ellen's replacement?
There might be such a think as Karma but there's clearly no such thing as karma.
Comment by ClassyJacket at 13/07/2015 at 06:36 UTC
28 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It was my decision to change how we work with AMAs and the transition was my failure
Good thing that Victoria's the one that got fired then huh?
Comment by Googunk at 10/07/2015 at 23:16 UTC
217 upvotes, 4 direct replies
I've been lost from day one exactly how anger over Victoria being fired and wanting Ellen dismissed had any connection.
Comment by [deleted] at 12/07/2015 at 14:21 UTC
45 upvotes, 2 direct replies
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Comment by ProjectRevolutionTPP at 13/07/2015 at 15:47 UTC
14 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Maybe you can start by being transparent about Victoria. I'm sick of your lies; that's what got Reddit into this whole mess in the first place.
Comment by jrmrbr at 10/07/2015 at 22:07 UTC*
1712 upvotes, 9 direct replies
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^0.2959
Comment by [deleted] at 10/07/2015 at 22:09 UTC
1153 upvotes, 5 direct replies
Oh, so you're the one that decided to fire Victoria.
Comment by essentialfloss at 11/07/2015 at 02:06 UTC
76 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I don't think I like you. This reads like really crappy PR. I feel like you could at least learn how to express yourself in a way that sounds sincere considering that's essentially your job.
Comment by [deleted] at 13/07/2015 at 14:33 UTC
21 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Lol, so you let her take all the heat while you did what? Grow a sack, dude.
Comment by TotesMessenger at 12/07/2015 at 03:51 UTC*
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I'm a bot, *bleep*, *bloop*. Someone has linked to this thread from another place on reddit:
[/r/bestof] kn0thing admits he's the one who fired Victoria
[/r/blackout2015] Kn0thlng Admits He was Behind Vlctoria's Termination: Was E|len a Patsy?
2: /message/compose/?to=/r/TotesMessenger
Comment by thelastknowngod at 14/07/2015 at 20:54 UTC
20 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So you stand up after Ellen is gone?
I'm not saying Ellen should have stayed at reddit but you're a piece of shit for not saying something when the heat was on her.
Comment by kokesh at 13/07/2015 at 09:38 UTC
30 upvotes, 0 direct replies
And you kept your mouth shut all the time until now? Dick.
Comment by azntrojan at 13/07/2015 at 06:58 UTC
15 upvotes, 0 direct replies
My respect for you is coming down at Avalanche velocities
Comment by varukasalt at 13/07/2015 at 16:02 UTC
15 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The only honorable thing for you to do is resign.
Comment by pug_in_a_mug at 12/07/2015 at 14:00 UTC
49 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Shoulda stayed quiet bud. You done goofed. More popcorn is needed
Comment by [deleted] at 13/07/2015 at 02:20 UTC
15 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So it's official, we all hate kn0thing now
Comment by newtonslogic at 10/07/2015 at 22:55 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So you take what was quite possibly the best asset Reddit had and nixed it?It boggles the mind to think in what fashion and by what machinations there would have ever been an upside on this.
Comment by Black_Hipster at 14/07/2015 at 21:04 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
So through all of the stuff that happened, when Ellen, the woman you "admired for her fearlessness" was coming under fire for this, you never thought to just come out and own up to it?
As much as I never liked Ellen as a CEO, she didn't deserve the blame for your mistakes. If you really respected her, you wouldn't have just stood on the sidelines and let her take all of the blame.
Comment by redalastor at 10/07/2015 at 22:01 UTC
25 upvotes, 1 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.
What are you going to do about it? I feel that since the blackout, reddit has been trying to find the right words rather than doing the right actions.
Comment by gurvansh at 13/07/2015 at 13:47 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Seriously dude, follow Pao out the door.
Comment by [deleted] at 14/07/2015 at 20:28 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
You're still not explaining anything. People want transparency more than an admission of guilt. We already know you are the one responsible... but you have yet to explain why; and you also need to explain why you let Pao take all the heat while you just kicked back.
Trying to turn reddit into the next Digg I see.
Comment by SparkleSorceress at 16/07/2015 at 01:45 UTC*
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Hahaha, look at this asshole paying lip service to the woman he used as a meat shield way after she's been driven off the fucking internet. Get fucked, you disgusting fucking coward.
Comment by RangerNS at 10/07/2015 at 22:15 UTC
21 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It isn't necessarily a question of who sat Victoria down in HR, but of who started the strategy of productizing everything, and exterminating those who get in your way.