111 upvotes, 2 direct replies (showing 2)
View submission: An old team at reddit
So why no petition to oust /u/kn0thing or did i miss that? 200,000 plus signaures for Pao? How many can we get for /u/kn0thing. Just asking. Let me go /r/AskReddit
Comment by GazaIan at 15/07/2015 at 02:18 UTC
79 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Because Pao was interim CEO. We all wanted a target to direct our hate. We already had a pretty poor taste of Pao, and firing Victoria was the straw that broke the camels back. But here's the thing, as we know, /u/kn0thing was behind those decisions. If he came out and told us it was his decision, we would have been trying to oust both him and Pao. By letting Pao take the blame, we were essentially releasing most of our hate on a dummy — since Pao was interim CEO. She would have been gone anyway.
Now, as a result, /u/kn0thing ends up safe. It was an extremely dirty move, and I feel bad for Pao given that she was literally nothing more than a target for hate. It's a shame.
Comment by suparokr at 16/07/2015 at 03:42 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
There's already one[1] for him too, but it definitely hasn't taken off like Pao's did.
I will say, this guy doesn't really seem to care about Reddit - the site, or the people that use it - all that much.