created by ironypatrol on 14/07/2015 at 05:04 UTC
1086 upvotes, 33 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by english06 at 14/07/2015 at 05:25 UTC
217 upvotes, 2 direct replies
If I didn't know any better I would say we may have been over promised on some things... That /r/askreddit countdown timer just got a lot more exciting.
Comment by [deleted] at 14/07/2015 at 06:47 UTC
59 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Am I hallucinating something or did /u/spez write and then delete a comment in this thread about 2 minutes ago? Anyone else see it?
Comment by [deleted] at 14/07/2015 at 05:25 UTC
26 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Something tells me there's about to be a fuckton of staff meetings in the Reddit offices...
Comment by BadWolf_Corporation at 14/07/2015 at 12:23 UTC
151 upvotes, 7 direct replies
Comment by cecilmonkey at 14/07/2015 at 06:16 UTC*
47 upvotes, 8 direct replies
Is it really that hard to find a team of experienced tech and business leaders to manage Reddit? There are so many questions I have on the business side of Reddit.
First of all, Reddit is valued at $500mm at last round. It seems low for such a popular side, especially for a site with the most desirable age group. Quora is recently valued at nearly twice that price.
Secondly, I have not seen anybody challenged /r/spez during his AMA on how/why he thinks it is possible for him to run two growth companies at the same time, however physically close they are?
Thirdly, has anyone called out the board for the recent hiring/firing mishaps (to put it mildly)? It is the board's fiduciary duty to find the best agents/managers available on the market. Yet it appears the board has constantly clashed with its hand picked managers. Are the board CAPABLE of finding good candidates? Are the board members connected enough in the industry, or have they spent enough time/energy on screening candidates?
It is bewildering to see such a valuable asset being tossed around like this with no end in sight. (Edit: grammer)
Comment by [deleted] at 14/07/2015 at 07:08 UTC
109 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Reddit is really starting to sound like a terrible place to work.
Comment by ericrs22 at 14/07/2015 at 06:04 UTC
53 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Great to hear that even chief engineers have little faith in the deadlines being given to them. I can't wait to see these new tools that are haphazardly put together with little qa and do not function as they should.
Jiffy pop sales must be skyrocketing
Comment by bman4789 at 14/07/2015 at 05:38 UTC
85 upvotes, 5 direct replies
This is the third person leaving Reddit in two weeks, with bad press surrounding each firing or resignation. They only have 69 employees left (according to https://www.reddit.com/about/team/[1]), and who knows how much more bad press.
1: https://www.reddit.com/about/team/
Comment by [deleted] at 14/07/2015 at 05:44 UTC
28 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Blount said she left because she did not think she “could deliver on promises being made to the community.”
Like kn0things promises to get subs back up?
Comment by [deleted] at 14/07/2015 at 05:53 UTC
64 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Blount also said she believed Pao’s exit was an indirect consequence of gender discrimination, and that Pao was on placed on a “glass cliff.” It is a term used to describe women being set up for failure by being placed in leadership roles during crisis points.
Kinda weird statement about the ex ceo
Comment by KrAzYkArL18769 at 14/07/2015 at 15:07 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I prefer to pronounce her name so it rhymes with Kanye
Even sounds like it could be a rapper name - Bethanye Blount-wrap
Comment by West_Coast_Bias_206 at 14/07/2015 at 05:58 UTC
46 upvotes, 3 direct replies
You could say...
( •_•) ⌐■-■ (⌐■_■)
she did not give her voat of confidence to the future of Reddit.
Comment by Fasterthanapigeon at 14/07/2015 at 05:33 UTC
18 upvotes, 3 direct replies
So there's the confirmation of the glass cliff, as well as all the promises that were made essentially being hot air.
Damn.
Comment by [deleted] at 14/07/2015 at 06:27 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Welp, now they'll have to delay their promises once more.
Comment by Tastygroove at 14/07/2015 at 15:43 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The mod tools they promised but will never deliver... Is what I'm guessing...
Comment by [deleted] at 14/07/2015 at 16:27 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
My understanding is that people who work at Reddit need to work on-site, and can't telecommute.
That alone is bound to severely limit their ability to hire good people, and I'm sure would be a deciding factor when those considering leaving are weighing up the pro's and con's.
Comment by tones2013 at 14/07/2015 at 05:45 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
hired by pao, quit in solidarity with her. Its not surprising
Comment by repoman at 14/07/2015 at 06:49 UTC
5 upvotes, 2 direct replies
FINKLE IS EINHORN
PAO IS OHANIAN
GILFOYLE IS DINESH
MMM POPCORN
Comment by Weekend833 at 14/07/2015 at 05:54 UTC*
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
She basically says that she thinks the promises being made to mods are not going to be kept, although not necessarily for lack of trying and that Pao's exit was an indirect result of gender discrimination ... Although, she also mentioned that she believes that Pao was hired with the expectation for her to fail.
Pao's resignation occurred, I'd like to remind readers, as a result of the Victoria Revolt - sparked by Pao's termination of Victoria Taylor - a woman.
Edit: okay. It looks like the shit my brain has been filtering out and avoiding about Pao claiming that it wasn't her might be something that it shouldn't be. That's it, this shit is getting way too complicated.
Comment by Notelarry at 14/07/2015 at 06:40 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
It seems like this place is crumbling...
For anyone interested, I made this list of reddit alternatives[1] for anyone looking for somewhere to go once this place is done.
Comment by [deleted] at 14/07/2015 at 14:20 UTC
0 upvotes, 5 direct replies
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Comment by pseud0nym at 14/07/2015 at 15:17 UTC*
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The sexism angle here is getting a bit stretched thin. Reddit goes up in arms about Victoria, Pao exists (quite rightly, she was doing a very poor job well before the AMA disaster) and somehow this is about sexism? Did Victoria grow a penis while I wasn't looking or something? How can we be sexist when we are up in arms about the termination of a high profile female from the company?
Pao was judged by the community based on the social contract of the site and found wanting. It really is that simple. The vindictive comments aimed at her were guided by her sex; yes, but it was her actions that triggered the response. A male doing the same things would see a similar response, but they would be called "gay", "neckbeard", "faggot" and have people threatening to beat them or anally rape them on the streets if they see them or even accusing them of pedophilia. Neither of those responses are acceptable or even palatable, however that is the price of free and open dialog. Saying that the reaction is due to PURELY to gender, is disingenuous in the extreme not to mention a rather sexist expression of the view that all or most men have it in for women and are just waiting for the opportunity to discredit them.
Comment by urection at 14/07/2015 at 12:48 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
her contributions will be missed
Comment by [deleted] at 14/07/2015 at 06:18 UTC
0 upvotes, 0 direct replies
No one even knew who Pao was until her lawsuit.... I don't know what Blount is speaking about this "glass cliff", but Pao set up the pins herself.
Comment by [deleted] at 14/07/2015 at 13:03 UTC
-1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
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