No comments here on HN yet along the lines of all PR is good PR? Lets face it, this is Reddit. He didn't get fired from the local railroad yard. They're gett

No comments here on HN yet along the lines of all PR is good PR? Lets face it, this is Reddit. He didn't get fired from the local railroad yard. They're getting excellent traffic off this story. Even the guy who got fired is at least getting "internet famous" for a day. The whole story boils down to "reddit AMA's, something interesting to look at and talk about". Not seeing a problem here. A real conspiracy theory would be playing this game to get some traffic was part of his severance package (In exchange for a faux argument in a AMA with our CEO, you'll get an extra 6 months salary as a severance bonus plus an extra month if the HN story gets over 100 comments, etc)