After a week of controversy , Ellen Pao is out as the CEO of Reddit , thetenth most - trafficked sitein the US .
The contention began when Pao give the sack Reddit ’s pop AMA coordinator Victoria Taylor . Subreddits appear across the site calling for her resignation , as well as over 200,000 citizenry signing a Change.org petition urging her to ill-use down . Pao ’s being replaced by Reddit cofounder and former chief , Steve Huffman . Pao was CEO for eight calendar month .
agree to theWall Street Journal , Pao say that disputative substance abuser are “ one part of the caper I wo n’t be sorry to give up , ” and that user criticism “ has been unmanageable . But there ’s been so much reinforcement behind the scene . ”
Reddit dining table member Sam Altmansaidthat Pao was n’t fired , and Re / codification reputation that Pao order her exit was a “ mutual decision . ”
Altmanalso saidin a argument that “ it was sickening to see some of the things redditors write about Ellen . The simplification in compassion that happens when we ’re all behind computer screens is not good for the world . masses are still people even if there is Internet between you . ”
Today , Pao station aresignation letteron Reddit , say she ’s “ see the goodness , the bad and the ugly on reddit . The good has been off - the - paries inspiring , and the ugly made me doubt man . ”
originally this workweek , Pao publiclyacknowledgedpoor handling of not just the Taylor site , but of many instances of bad community direction . She will beat around as a board advisor through 2015 , Reddit says .
[ RedditviaWall Street Journal ]
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