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The tide changed with Pao. All of those were roadblocks, but never had the community turned so swiftly against the admins until Pao arrived. There's an entire s

by eclipxe 11y ago

The tide changed with Pao. All of those were roadblocks, but never had the community turned so swiftly against the admins until Pao arrived. There's an entire subreddit dedicated to denigrating Pao. kn0thing has had missteps but generally has had the respect of the community. The community largely does not respect Pao.

orbitur 11y ago
> The community largely does not respect Pao Any criticism I've read seems to be based around how she's a woman and she used her womanness to get ahead. Nothing she has done as the CEO of Reddit is evidence of the need for the awful insults and copypasta I've seen lobbed at her. And these aren't hidden in the recesses of MRA subreddits, they're the top comments on any thread with any mention of Pao.
- eclipxe 11y ago
  Nothing to do with her being a woman and it sucks to even bring that up - it makes no difference. I'm speculating here, but I think the problem is largely that Pao is an ex-lawyer, wealthy investor that is married to a hedge fund manager. Reddit being a largely liberal/young/mass appeal/quirky internet subculture collective (at least at it's core) would see any ex-lawyer, wealthy investor married to a hedge fund manager as an outsider. She comes off as an "out of touch 1%'er" that is there to make the site more corporate and "safe" for advertisers, ruining its culture to make herself even richer. It doesn't help that she apparently doesn't even know how to use the site. It's like being a software engineer and getting a new manager that previously worked at Goldman Sachs, wears expensive suits to the office, asks you for help using Microsoft Word, but then tells you to switch from IntelliJ to Borland JBuilder because he owns some shares in Borland. He doesn't get the culture, he's an outside and is making decisions to actively ruin your environment. That's how it feels.
- Crito 11y ago
  Let me guess, they they hate Victoria as well is because she is also woman. Oh wait, they don't hate Victoria. Huh...
nols 11y ago
There's an entire subreddit dedicated to denigrating Yishan Wong as well. Name some of the concrete things Ellen Pao has done at Reddit to be the cause of all of this, or any of this.

by eclipxe 11y ago

orbitur 11y ago

> The community largely does not respect Pao Any criticism I've read seems to be based around how she's a woman and she used her womanness to get ahead. Nothing she has done as the CEO of Reddit is evidence of the need for the awful insults and copypasta I've seen lobbed at her. And these aren't hidden in the recesses of MRA subreddits, they're the top comments on any thread with any mention of Pao.

eclipxe 11y ago
Nothing to do with her being a woman and it sucks to even bring that up - it makes no difference. I'm speculating here, but I think the problem is largely that Pao is an ex-lawyer, wealthy investor that is married to a hedge fund manager. Reddit being a largely liberal/young/mass appeal/quirky internet subculture collective (at least at it's core) would see any ex-lawyer, wealthy investor married to a hedge fund manager as an outsider. She comes off as an "out of touch 1%'er" that is there to make the site more corporate and "safe" for advertisers, ruining its culture to make herself even richer. It doesn't help that she apparently doesn't even know how to use the site. It's like being a software engineer and getting a new manager that previously worked at Goldman Sachs, wears expensive suits to the office, asks you for help using Microsoft Word, but then tells you to switch from IntelliJ to Borland JBuilder because he owns some shares in Borland. He doesn't get the culture, he's an outside and is making decisions to actively ruin your environment. That's how it feels.
Crito 11y ago
Let me guess, they they hate Victoria as well is because she is also woman. Oh wait, they don't hate Victoria. Huh...

nols 11y ago

There's an entire subreddit dedicated to denigrating Yishan Wong as well. Name some of the concrete things Ellen Pao has done at Reddit to be the cause of all of this, or any of this.