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The Reddit moderators who coordinate many celebrity AMAs will no longer do so, The mods of r/IAmA are stepping back (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Nobody 135 points 2 years 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.

[–] Khazram 37 points 2 years 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.

[–] Nobody 21 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

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

[–] killerinstinct101 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Could you enlighten us with the story please?

[–] Nobody 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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

She posted as u/chooter

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

For those that were hoping for some new information:

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

[–] Mr_Buscemi 7 points 2 years 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