The last time Reddit attracted this kind of attention was probably when Victoria Taylor resigned as CEO (or rather made to resign as some alleged) in 2016. She

The last time Reddit attracted this kind of attention was probably when Victoria Taylor resigned as CEO (or rather made to resign as some alleged) in 2016. She was very popular for coming up with the whole AMA concept and the one who replaced her (Pao) was quite resembling of the current CEO! Many subs went dark then too and the backlash never stopped until that CEO stepped down or something like that IIRC.