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How is that related to her lawsuit? It seems completely unrelated to me. In any case, 10k "people" (it's easy to game these things) is just a drop in the bucke
by whyenot 11y ago
How is that related to her lawsuit? It seems completely unrelated to me.
In any case, 10k "people" (it's easy to game these things) is just a drop in the bucket of reddit's userbase.
- ekianjo 11y agoBecause someone suing for false claims is now at the head of Reddit, and she has the power to censor things she does not like (and actively uses it). I'd day it's related.
- krschultz 11y agoNot proving her case and making false claims are two different things.
- gooeyblob 11y agoWhat evidence do you have that she actively uses it?
- Karunamon 11y agoThere've been some rather high-profile shadowbans (hellban/otherwise you're banned but don't know it) issued against people who did apparently did nothing but publicly state that Pao is a scam artist. Given that those comments don't actually violate any of Reddit's stated rules, there aren't many other reasonable explanations. Then again, I called every single one of them liars, publicly, by name, after the recent subreddit closing drama, and I'm not shadowbanned so, who knows.
- this_user 11y agoSo, you are saying they did nothing but slander her and are now surprised they were banned?
- Karunamon 11y agoI think you're unclear on the definition of slander. To put it as charitably as possible, the facts that came out during the failed lawsuit (and later attempt to get 2.7M out of the company to get her to go away) do not paint Pao in a good light. Calling her a scam artist is putting it mildly, IMO. Real gender discrimination cases are tainted by this kind of BS.
- gooeyblob 11y agoI would love to see these claims, please stop spreading FUD and show real evidence.
- hellbanTHIS 11y agohttp://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/35uyil/transparency_is_important_to_us_and_today_we_take/cr85zyq http://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/35uyil/transp...
- javert 11y agoMost of us aren't in the position to get sued for gender discrimination. So this whole Ellen Pao thing is just a bunch of nerds eating popcorn. It's our version of a celebrity magazine. So in that sense, more gossip about Ellen Pao's personal life/actions at reddit (which she is ruining) are completely par for the course.
- gooeyblob 11y agoHow is she ruining reddit?
- javert 11y agoBecause banning certain reddits is a value to no-one and a disvalue to everyone. It does not add value to me to have subreddits Ellen Pao personally disagrees with be banned. Rather, it takes away value. And now that the precedent has been set, the same will be the case with future reddit leadership.
- nols 11y agoIt is a mistake to assume Ellen Pao is the reason for /r/fatpeoplehate's removal, both /r/jailbait and /r/creepshots were banned before she worked at Reddit. Who's to say /r/fatpeoplehate wasn't also removed at a consensus by the staff?
- Steko 11y agoBanning hate and harrassment subreddits has value to many people.
- javert 11y agoI agree with banning subreddits that actually go outside their own subreddit to harass people. Otherwise, I don't.
- gooeyblob 11y agoDo you really think Ellen came in one day from a mountain on high and decreed "these subreddits shall be banned"? What planet are you from that you think a company is run that way?