I agree with you that it was done for not vindictive reasons, but I think it could have been handled better. Consider following response: instead of airing ever

I agree with you that it was done for not vindictive reasons, but I think it could have been handled better. Consider following response: instead of airing everything immediately, instead a statement is made that reddit takes all the feedback seriously and firing had nothing to do with that. Make a specific point that if an employee wants full accounting of all the reasoning, he can respond to that statement and full reasoning will be explained. This way former employee clearly soliciting for feedback and reddit has extremely solid moral ground. TL:DR While employee definitely had this coming, I think that reddit should have held onto higher moral ground and settled for milder action then the one was taken. I do not know full context, as I only read two posts, but official reddit reply does leave a bit of snide and petty aftertaste.