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> actually turned out to be right Ellen Pao not only lost her discrimination suit against KPCB but was deemed liable by the court for KPCB's legal costs. Redd

> actually turned out to be right Ellen Pao not only lost her discrimination suit against KPCB but was deemed liable by the court for KPCB's legal costs. Reddit is laced with gender issues, someone filing a wrongful discrimination suit isn't the correct leader for that site. The Reddit users weren't willing to sweep that under the rug.

res0nat0r 10y ago
> Reddit is laced with gender issues, someone filing a wrongful discrimination suit isn't the correct leader for that site. The Reddit users weren't willing to sweep that under the rug. That lawsuit had zero to do with Reddit though.
- exstudent2 10y ago
  Reddit is basically just links to other sites. Many of the larger Reddit communities were already engaged in a discussion of her case when she became CEO.
BeetleB 10y ago
Ellen Pao had all those issues prior to joining Reddit. However, things only blew up when the moderator was fired, and it had nothing to do with gender issues. The fact is: Ellen did not fire the moderator, and all of Reddit went into uproar insisting with no evidence whatsoever that she was responsible. I'm not saying Ellen was an angel, or even a good fit for the job. She had her issues. However, all of that had nothing to do with the criticism leveled against her for firing the moderator. The attack on her was a mob attack - no less.
- exstudent2 10y ago
  > Ellen Pao had all those issues prior to joining Reddit. Which made her a terrible choice for CEO of Reddit. Things were blowing up before the firing of the mod. That was just the straw that broke the camel's back. There are a lot of communities on Reddit that focus on media coordination. There was a huge push from most tech media to be pro-Pao despite a total lack of evidence to support her story. I see that as the main intersection between her and the Reddit community. She was a Reddit story that became the Reddit CEO then went on to make questionable decisions (mod firing, banning salary negotiation...).
  - BeetleB 10y ago
    >She was a Reddit story that became the Reddit CEO then went on to make questionable decisions (mod firing, banning salary negotiation...). And here you repeat the false accusation against her. As for salary negotiation, this was already in the works by her predecessor. It wasn't her baby.
    - exstudent2 10y ago
      > It wasn't her baby. The buck stops at the CEO for all decisions.

res0nat0r 10y ago

> Reddit is laced with gender issues, someone filing a wrongful discrimination suit isn't the correct leader for that site. The Reddit users weren't willing to sweep that under the rug. That lawsuit had zero to do with Reddit though.

exstudent2 10y ago
Reddit is basically just links to other sites. Many of the larger Reddit communities were already engaged in a discussion of her case when she became CEO.

BeetleB 10y ago

Ellen Pao had all those issues prior to joining Reddit. However, things only blew up when the moderator was fired, and it had nothing to do with gender issues. The fact is: Ellen did not fire the moderator, and all of Reddit went into uproar insisting with no evidence whatsoever that she was responsible. I'm not saying Ellen was an angel, or even a good fit for the job. She had her issues. However, all of that had nothing to do with the criticism leveled against her for firing the moderator. The attack on her was a mob attack - no less.

exstudent2 10y ago
> Ellen Pao had all those issues prior to joining Reddit. Which made her a terrible choice for CEO of Reddit. Things were blowing up before the firing of the mod. That was just the straw that broke the camel's back. There are a lot of communities on Reddit that focus on media coordination. There was a huge push from most tech media to be pro-Pao despite a total lack of evidence to support her story. I see that as the main intersection between her and the Reddit community. She was a Reddit story that became the Reddit CEO then went on to make questionable decisions (mod firing, banning salary negotiation...).
- BeetleB 10y ago
  >She was a Reddit story that became the Reddit CEO then went on to make questionable decisions (mod firing, banning salary negotiation...). And here you repeat the false accusation against her. As for salary negotiation, this was already in the works by her predecessor. It wasn't her baby.
  - exstudent2 10y ago
    > It wasn't her baby. The buck stops at the CEO for all decisions.