Reddit is really unprofessional. Why would air their laundry in such a way?
I guess its good for them, look how much traffic they are getting over this whole fiasco. Every one and their brother is writing an article about Reddit right now. People that have never heard about Reddit are going to check out all the drama and see what this is all about.
"There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary."
I don't think Yishan Wong is part of Reddit (the company) anymore, so he can say whatever he wants and Reddit can do sod all about it. So I don't think this reflects on Reddit's professionalism -- which is abysmal, I agree, but not because of this. I think it's very likely that the actual current management dearly wishes Wong had just shut up.
All I can say is, it's very hard to form an objective opinion based on all this drama. Bear in mind, Wong left his post as CEO over a disagreement with the board (I think it involved "office space" or some such), and because he was just fed up. I don't recall the exact words, but that's the gist that I seem to remember. Point is: I don't think it's unlikely he has a chip on his shoulder, and may be more inclined than it's due to say damning things about Reddit's board. Then there's the author of this article, Weinberger. I remember him as one of those "progressive" types who will fawn over a woman CEO just because she's a woman, regularly banging on about society's terrible misogyiny and all that jazz. So I'd take his editorialising with a grain of salt, too.
Not that I'm defending kn0thing, mind you -- smug git did annoy me with the popcorn thing. But I'm saying, we don't really know. kn0thing is on record on that very thread saying he reported to Pao, which makes me inclined to believe there is not much substance to this article.
Reddit is really unprofessional. Why would air their laundry in such a way?
I guess its good for them, look how much traffic they are getting over this whole fiasco. Every one and their brother is writing an article about Reddit right now. People that have never heard about Reddit are going to check out all the drama and see what this is all about.
"There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary."
Popcorn tastes good!
I don't think Yishan Wong is part of Reddit (the company) anymore, so he can say whatever he wants and Reddit can do sod all about it. So I don't think this reflects on Reddit's professionalism -- which is abysmal, I agree, but not because of this. I think it's very likely that the actual current management dearly wishes Wong had just shut up.
All I can say is, it's very hard to form an objective opinion based on all this drama. Bear in mind, Wong left his post as CEO over a disagreement with the board (I think it involved "office space" or some such), and because he was just fed up. I don't recall the exact words, but that's the gist that I seem to remember. Point is: I don't think it's unlikely he has a chip on his shoulder, and may be more inclined than it's due to say damning things about Reddit's board. Then there's the author of this article, Weinberger. I remember him as one of those "progressive" types who will fawn over a woman CEO just because she's a woman, regularly banging on about society's terrible misogyiny and all that jazz. So I'd take his editorialising with a grain of salt, too.
Not that I'm defending kn0thing, mind you -- smug git did annoy me with the popcorn thing. But I'm saying, we don't really know. kn0thing is on record on that very thread saying he reported to Pao, which makes me inclined to believe there is not much substance to this article.
Wow. Just wow. I can't believe the way yishan and kn0thing are going at each other. You'd think they'd say that stuff behind the scenes.