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Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Alexis is not helping matters either: https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/3bwgjf/riam...

i see people talking about alexis, but don't see a user named alexis posting in this thread. i assume alexis uses a handle other than his/her name?

kn0thing

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Alexis is not helping matters either: https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/3bwgjf/riam...

i see people talking about alexis, but don't see a user named alexis posting in this thread. i assume alexis uses a handle other than his/her name?

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Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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She is not only non-technical but also a criminal just like her husband. This is insane that she can kick out legitimate people from a community that was build ground up. Interesting read about Ellen Pao (I dont know if it is true or not): http://pastebin.com/8y4VUf4U

The facts may be true (and personally, I believe they are), but the text itself is awful. It has circular logic in it: * Thesis "Pao hates women" — I expect it to be proven in the following points. * Some proof... * Some more proof... * Some proof of the opposite — but as we know, Ellen Pao is a misogynist [so it's false, and now we don't consider this fact anymore] And overall, it's written more like a propaganda pi…

I did not write that I cant prove it but I hope somebody has more context. The things that I state are proven see link below.

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Alexis is not helping matters either: https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/3bwgjf/riam...

i see people talking about alexis, but don't see a user named alexis posting in this thread. i assume alexis uses a handle other than his/her name?

Alexis Ohanian is one of the cofounders of Reddit who had left and has since returned as Executive Chair, he's also a current partner at YC, and goes by the username kn0thing on Reddit & HN.

https://www.crunchbase.com/person/alexis-ohanian

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=kn0thing

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

#105

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She is not only non-technical but also a criminal just like her husband. This is insane that she can kick out legitimate people from a community that was build ground up. Interesting read about Ellen Pao (I dont know if it is true or not): http://pastebin.com/8y4VUf4U

The facts may be true (and personally, I believe they are), but the text itself is awful. It has circular logic in it: * Thesis "Pao hates women" — I expect it to be proven in the following points. * Some proof... * Some more proof... * Some proof of the opposite — but as we know, Ellen Pao is a misogynist [so it's false, and now we don't consider this fact anymore] And overall, it's written more like a propaganda pi…

Also, did not she just fire a legitimate female member of the community? What is the reason removing Victoria?

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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One of the most telling points is from /u/imakuram, moderator for /r/books: "This seems to be a seriously stupid decision. We have several AMAs upcoming in /r/books and have no idea how to contact the authors."[1] They really shot the communities in the foot by not giving them any notice or support. Given that the key feature in ensuring the quality of Reddit is the moderation "donated" by the community, this is a de…

Peak Reddit was 2011-2014. The people running the 'business' just don't realize it yet. Three years from now, Reddit will be half as influential as it has been these past three years.

A community like Reddit is incredibly challenging to keep balanced long-term. Services like it just tend to blow-up eventually. The upside is, innovation will probably come out of its meltdown, new types of services will bloom, and wipe out what's left of Reddit's value proposition.

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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You've picked the wrong example here though. /r/science has hosted many AMAs in the past, so they are directly impacted.

Did I? Can't /r/science keep on functioning without AMAs through an intermediary in New York that's supposed to read questions and type answers for the supposedly smart scientists doing those Q&A sessions?

Many large subreddits are going private to force the admins to respond.

Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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Alexis is not helping matters either: https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/3bwgjf/riam...

i see people talking about alexis, but don't see a user named alexis posting in this thread. i assume alexis uses a handle other than his/her name?

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Re: Front Page Subreddits Go Private in Response to Firing of Reddit Admin

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It's kindof astonishing what is happening over at reddit right now. "The internet" has it's own culture, and the people running reddit right now (one of the places where this culture is the strongest, imo), seem to have no idea how to interface with it. It honestly feels like it got taken over by silicon valley middle management marketing types or something, and now they just can't seem to figure out why the users ke…

Pao ruined reddit unfortunately. Time for an alternative.

Spare us, Reddit's been mismanaged for long before Ms Pao started there. Just look at Alexis Ohanian's (kn0thing) comments[0]. Not to mention the celeb nudes debacle, which was allowed then disallowed and announced by a sysadmin [1]. And the then CEO Yishan Wong publicly fighting with a former employee [2]. Then we can go way back to /r/jailbait and the Violentacrez affair, the only mod to be awarded a golden trophy [3]. I could keep going but I think we're good.

0. https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/3bwgjf/riam...

1. https://np.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/2fpdax/time_t...

2. http://www.fastcompany.com/3036716/fast-feed/how-meta-reddit...

3. http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/18/3523434/violentacrez-mich...

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