I have to say, at the beginning of this debacle, I was in complete agreement with the mods of those subreddits affected by Victoria's departure, and I still believe they have some valid points. However, the reactions of the userbase has invalidated those same points for any outsiders looking in. I'll be honest, the whole "Chairman Pao" thing is what bothers me the most. As an chinese-american with family that fought against the Red Army and the communist rebellion, I find the comparison more than a bit offensive. I also have issues with people sending death threats and PMs like "Kill yourself" to others because they mismanaged your favorite website. All in all, I've decided to move on from Reddit in search of Greener Pastures. I will say that although the admin's mismanagement of issues was the catalyst for my leaving, it was the user base themselves that put the final nail in this coffin.
I'll go ahead and copy my post from r/offmychest.
I have to say, at the beginning of this debacle, I was in complete agreement with the mods of those subreddits affected by Victoria's departure, and I still believe they have some valid points. However, the reactions of the userbase has invalidated those same points for any outsiders looking in. I'll be honest, the whole "Chairman Pao" thing is what bothers me the most. As an chinese-american with family that fought against the Red Army and the communist rebellion, I find the comparison more than a bit offensive. I also have issues with people sending death threats and PMs like "Kill yourself" to others because they mismanaged your favorite website. All in all, I've decided to move on from Reddit in search of Greener Pastures. I will say that although the admin's mismanagement of issues was the catalyst for my leaving, it was the user base themselves that put the final nail in this coffin.