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Wow. What a hit piece. I bet their anonymous source happens to be the ex VP of Product that was fired by Pao, and is now building a 'safer' Reddit. Conflict muc

by u238ed 10y ago

Wow. What a hit piece. I bet their anonymous source happens to be the ex VP of Product that was fired by Pao, and is now building a 'safer' Reddit. Conflict much? In their sources quote, it's evident the source knows a lot of the inner workings of the leadership, is a man, and doesn't work there anymore. Well, that leaves only the ex VP, seeing as though Pao was a woman. So they took all of Dan's words as truth? The guy with the competing Reddit? Come on Techcrunch. That's pretty bad. Now, for the facts: 1. None of these people left voluntarily. They were let go. So they need to stop with the 'people are leaving in droves' nonsense. Reddit has has almost multiplied in employee count in the last year, and has moved to a new office, much larger office building. 2. All of these people, except for Nicole were part of an experimental product that was cancelled. If this was Google or Facebook, you wouldn't even know. It happens every day. But because you got a juicy tip from an ex-employee building a shitty competitor, you run with it. Because, hell, it's Reddit, and you just might hit the frontpage! 3. Shit like this, "The plans to overhaul Reddit’s reputation as a hotbed for harassment and to remake the company as a multi-media publisher have yet to prove successful — at it seems that the departures of senior employees are impacting Reddit’s product and performance." -- WTF does that mean? They tried Upvoted, it didn't work, and they're folding it back into Reddit.com and letting go of people that they don't need for the next iteration. That's business. It has nothing to do with color of skin or your genitals. 4. Numbers always dip in the summers. Especially for Reddit. The kids are off for the summer. It would make sense that they peaked right before summer. According to Alexa, Reddit is the 9th largest site in the US, and up 9 spots this month on the Global list to #27. So it seems they are definitely growing.

twblalock 10y ago
How do you know those people did not leave voluntarily? Do you work there?
kickme444 10y ago
I was not a source.
dang 10y ago
Going from "I bet" (i.e., you imagine) something about somebody to making factual-sounding claims ("Dan's words") using that person's name is a big breach of civility and you can't do it here. You went even further than that and hounded this guy elsewhere in the thread. That's unacceptable on HN, so we've banned this account.
- cpncrunch 10y ago
  It's a shame u238ed chose to make unsubstantiated allegations against Dan, but he/she does have some valid points. A lot of the article itself is unsubstantiated, and doesn't really give much detail about the actual problems at reddit. It seems to be talking mostly about problems with trolls on subreddits, but that doesn't really have anything to do with toxic workplace. The only somewhat concrete allegation is the sexual harassment at the work parties, but I'm not quite sure how that translates into people of colour leaving. It sounds like u238ed worked or works at reddit, so presumably he/she has some insight into the culture there.

by u238ed 10y ago

twblalock 10y ago

How do you know those people did not leave voluntarily? Do you work there?

kickme444 10y ago

I was not a source.

dang 10y ago

Going from "I bet" (i.e., you imagine) something about somebody to making factual-sounding claims ("Dan's words") using that person's name is a big breach of civility and you can't do it here. You went even further than that and hounded this guy elsewhere in the thread. That's unacceptable on HN, so we've banned this account.

cpncrunch 10y ago
It's a shame u238ed chose to make unsubstantiated allegations against Dan, but he/she does have some valid points. A lot of the article itself is unsubstantiated, and doesn't really give much detail about the actual problems at reddit. It seems to be talking mostly about problems with trolls on subreddits, but that doesn't really have anything to do with toxic workplace. The only somewhat concrete allegation is the sexual harassment at the work parties, but I'm not quite sure how that translates into people of colour leaving. It sounds like u238ed worked or works at reddit, so presumably he/she has some insight into the culture there.