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[–] [email protected] 125 points 1 year ago (4 children)

AMAs have been a mess since they fired Victoria. Seeing how they’ve handled the TPA fiasco, it wouldn’t surprise me if that decision was pure ego.

The users liked her. The guests liked her. She became more popular than the remaining founders, so they booted her and ruined AMAs in the process. Unforced error.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That whole time period on Reddit was such a cluster. Ellen Pao gathering all the hate for firing Victoria when it was Ohanian (and probably Huffman) pulling the strings the whole time. Pao knew exactly what her job as the fall-girl was and ran with that money once it was over.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

The Pao scapegoat move was so transparent. Like everything else Reddit does, it’s amateur hour. There was a time they were good at running a content aggregator. As corporate leaders, they suck out loud.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers. Even had a blackout that made the news.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

They also iust fired the last admin who was helping that subreddit with AMAs. They really DGAF anymore with the admins after all this shit lol

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could you enlighten us with the story please?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sacked Reddit employee Victoria Taylor speaks out http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33787004

She posted as u/chooter

[–] treadful 8 points 1 year ago

For those that were hoping for some new information:

It remains unclear why Ms Taylor was sacked [...]