Honestly the main and only huge mistake I have seen been made was not informing and preparing the AMA mods for the major changes to their sub. It seems like they didn't go private out of protest alone. They couldn't figure out what to do and weren't prepared for Victoria leaving. Also, it was pretty evident from the beginning that /u/kn0thing was responsible for letting victoria go. /u/kn0thing actually said as much at the time it happened, but no one would listen because you can't stop the Ellen Pao hate train. I was following all the drama closely from the beginning at SRD.
Basically what I'm saying is please don't jump onto another hate train. All of this witch-hunting and hate is by far the worst part of reddit and the community.
I'm not on a hate train. I was never on an Ellen Pao hate train to begin with. More of a dislike train, and I still hold to my opinion that she should not have been CEO from the beginning. I think the way that the reddit community reacted to all of this was just sad and immature. Here's the thing. As far as I can tell, /u/kn0thing only really referenced it in a couple of somewhat buried comments, and it seems the only comment of his about it that gained traction was made after Ellen's resignation. However, Ellen was the one who actually made a public announcement apologizing. I can forgive anybody who didn't know about kn0thing's participation because most people aren't into digging deep into those reddit threads. What people do see is a CEO apologizing on the front page for what has happened so it is only natural for people to think it was her doing. At any time, he could have cleared up the accusations and taken a huge load off of her. But he doesn't.
And I am in no way advocating for a witch hunt. That is one of the most toxic aspects of the reddit community and I hope the vigilante justice side of reddit stays far away from snapzu. I am just expressing my opinion on Alexis. The way he has acted (and failed to act upon) in the past 10 days has made me lose all of my respect for him. Even in the case he wasn't the one to fire Victoria, he hasn't spoken out AT ALL about the treatment that Ellen received. It took Sam Altman, who isn't an active redditor in any way, to break the silence about Ellen's treatment.
Honestly the main and only huge mistake I have seen been made was not informing and preparing the AMA mods for the major changes to their sub. It seems like they didn't go private out of protest alone. They couldn't figure out what to do and weren't prepared for Victoria leaving. Also, it was pretty evident from the beginning that /u/kn0thing was responsible for letting victoria go. /u/kn0thing actually said as much at the time it happened, but no one would listen because you can't stop the Ellen Pao hate train. I was following all the drama closely from the beginning at SRD.
Basically what I'm saying is please don't jump onto another hate train. All of this witch-hunting and hate is by far the worst part of reddit and the community.
I'm not on a hate train. I was never on an Ellen Pao hate train to begin with. More of a dislike train, and I still hold to my opinion that she should not have been CEO from the beginning. I think the way that the reddit community reacted to all of this was just sad and immature. Here's the thing. As far as I can tell, /u/kn0thing only really referenced it in a couple of somewhat buried comments, and it seems the only comment of his about it that gained traction was made after Ellen's resignation. However, Ellen was the one who actually made a public announcement apologizing. I can forgive anybody who didn't know about kn0thing's participation because most people aren't into digging deep into those reddit threads. What people do see is a CEO apologizing on the front page for what has happened so it is only natural for people to think it was her doing. At any time, he could have cleared up the accusations and taken a huge load off of her. But he doesn't.
And I am in no way advocating for a witch hunt. That is one of the most toxic aspects of the reddit community and I hope the vigilante justice side of reddit stays far away from snapzu. I am just expressing my opinion on Alexis. The way he has acted (and failed to act upon) in the past 10 days has made me lose all of my respect for him. Even in the case he wasn't the one to fire Victoria, he hasn't spoken out AT ALL about the treatment that Ellen received. It took Sam Altman, who isn't an active redditor in any way, to break the silence about Ellen's treatment.