The most credible leaked information we have so far is that she was against the reddit monetization strategy which mostly involves turning IAmA into video interviews (which with ads can be very lucrative).
However, what is straight fact is that Alexis Ohanian was still yesterday debating the merits of video IAmA in the ideasfortheadmins sub (the idea suggested by OP was to never do video IAmA a thing). Reddit already hired 2 guys to shoot the videos.
The IAmA mods decided to cut all admin participation from their sub which makes the video thing hit a wall.
So in the end, they gained absolutely nothing from it.
I heard the same thing. It makes a lot of sense to me. Reddit hired a venture capitalist to run the ship, not a hacker. She's there to monetize reddit, and if someone refused then they'll get fired.
The most credible leaked information we have so far is that she was against the reddit monetization strategy which mostly involves turning IAmA into video interviews (which with ads can be very lucrative).
However, what is straight fact is that Alexis Ohanian was still yesterday debating the merits of video IAmA in the ideasfortheadmins sub (the idea suggested by OP was to never do video IAmA a thing). Reddit already hired 2 guys to shoot the videos.
The IAmA mods decided to cut all admin participation from their sub which makes the video thing hit a wall.
So in the end, they gained absolutely nothing from it.
This makes sense given the recent announcements as well (ie: a "reddit special" mythbusters).
I heard the same thing. It makes a lot of sense to me. Reddit hired a venture capitalist to run the ship, not a hacker. She's there to monetize reddit, and if someone refused then they'll get fired.