Discovery from the lawsuit makes her out to be extremely unsympathetic. There's the accusation that Yishan hired her so she'd have a good title going into the t

Discovery from the lawsuit makes her out to be extremely unsympathetic. There's the accusation that Yishan hired her so she'd have a good title going into the trial. People probably react negatively to contributing to a related venture. By supporting reddit, perhaps they feel they're belong her, in some minor way. (Like buying DVDs supports bad copyright laws by giving money to companies that lobby for such rules.) Or maybe it's just mob "justice" if they view her as a crook. There's also the "no salary negotiation" thing, which is either offensive to women, men, or workers depending on the argument. It doesn't seem fair that Alexis isn't getting as much flak. It'd be cool, for the popcorn value, if reddit starts a backlash against him. Edit: And wow, a lot of reddit users really take themselves seriously and think reddit's really Changing The World. So the CEO's more like a political position, where you get judged on irrelevant-to-the-position criteria.