Ellen Pao Leaves Reddit; Site Founder Steve Huffman Makes a Triumphant Return

Posted by timothy on Friday July 10, 2015 @10:44AM from the to-spend-time-with-family dept.

Deathspawner writes: To say that it's been a tumultuous month for reddit is an understatement. While multiple events have occurred in recent months that have caused an uproar, such as the banning of popular "hate" subreddits, nothing impacted the site quite like the out-of-nowhere firing of "Ask Me Anything" admin Victoria Taylor last week. Following that, other minor revelations surfaced, and finally, this past Monday, reddit CEO Ellen Pao came out from hiding to issue an apology. While her message instilled a bit more confidence in the future of the site, it wasn't enough. Today, it's been announced that Ellen Pao has left the company she joined last fall, and will be superseded by someone who knows what he's getting into: founder Steve Huffman.

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Re:Well, she was an interim. by Anonymous Coward · 2015-07-10 11:41 · Score: 0, Offtopic

You ought to hear how we Conservatives make fun of Democrats... Whole lot of fun, less fun what they're doing to this country though...
Re: Well, she was an interim. by x0ra · 2015-07-10 15:04 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Democracy might not evolve to socialism, but it would require people to be informed and well-educated. Socialism is merely driven by emotion, which is unfortunately where most democracy tends to go to, which is what fuel Democrats.