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> I think this was the right thing to do from a PR perspective. I think this was the right thing to do from a product perspective. Pao didn't really know how t

• mynameisvlad 11y ago
  Um, proof? The fact that she's been actually active on the site under her own account shows that clearly she knows how to use the site, so that argument alone is moot. I don't know how you can prove she didn't like the users unless she straight up said that.
  • austenallred 11y ago
    https://np.reddit.com/r/FaithInHumanity/comments/39ee4c/charlie/ https://np.reddit.com/r/FaithInHumanity/comments/39ee4c/char... She tried to share a link to a private message. That's the equivalent of my mom emailing me and saying, "Here's the picture - c:\\user\desktop\pic.jpg" - it demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of how the site works. Then everyone who replied was shadowbanned and every post was deleted. So no, she literally didn't know how to use the site.
    • yen223 11y ago
      https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3cucye/an_old_team_at_reddit/csz2lzu https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3cucye/an_ol... The new CEO doesn't know how to make lists. Is he going to catch shit for it?
      • austenallred 11y ago
        He should
        • vehementi 11y ago
          Don't you mean, he should be fired, because he is the wrong person for the product, because he literally does not know how to use the site?
          • austenallred 11y ago
            If he still can't use the product six months from now and the users are revolting, then yes he should be fired
            • vehementi 11y ago
              He made the product! He can't use the product ten years later!
              • austenallred 11y ago
                He hasn't used the product in nine years. Wouldn't you say it's possible they've changed the formatting in those nine years?
                • vehementi 11y ago
                  https://www.reddit.com/user/spez https://www.reddit.com/user/spez Did you think I would be tricked by your lie?
                  • dang 11y ago
                    This is totally out of line, and we ban accounts that do it repeatedly. Please post civilly and substantively, or not at all. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
                    • vehementi 11y ago
                      Sorry! It seemed like such a brazen attempt to trick readers and I responded without much grace. Can't edit it out of my post at this time.
      • Natsu 11y ago
        I'll hazard a 'yes' here, based on the comments (see top comment, below). In the interest of fairness, admins can see the private links, so Pao may have just posted to the wrong Reddit, rather than doing something ridiculous (though it would look that way to anyone not familiar with admin powers). === kciuq1 1758 points 3 hours ago Maybe the first priority is to learn how reddit works.
    • danielweber 11y ago
      > Then everyone who replied was shadowbanned Can you cite something on this? I really doubt it's true, but if true it's devastating.
    • zardeh 11y ago
      No, she intended to post something in an admin sub and didn't. https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3cbo4m/we_apologize/csu47pn?context=2 https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3cbo4m/we_ap... And they've officially denied shadowbanning anyone in that thread.
    • SquareWheel 11y ago
      >Then everyone who replied was shadowbanned Do you have any proof of this? That seems highly unlikely.