kegkilla
The Big Mod
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Reddit is on fire
- Thread starter Ritley
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Lithose
Buzzfeed Editor
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They are extremely effective trolls that were able to get the Admins themselves to be the ones to buy into the SJW shtick (Though, I'm not convinced it's a shtick--I think it's more like Harper's "new calling"), and the Admins let them have a lot of leeway they don't allow other forums. They use that relationship to push stuff they know will cause the community to go nuts, which currently is this SJW bullshit.
Lanx
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she was the Director of Communications, not just some mod or admin, also this is how she handled big name AMA's
Siddar
Bronze Baronet of the Realm
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This revolt is so large that it has to be seen as the last warning reddit will get from its users.
The only thing left after this point is mass exodus of users.
Will be interesting to see how the corporate people react to the prospect of all the money they hoped to make off reddit going up in smoke.
The only thing left after this point is mass exodus of users.
Will be interesting to see how the corporate people react to the prospect of all the money they hoped to make off reddit going up in smoke.
There is nowhere to have an exodus to. Reddit was already around when Digg shit itself. There's no real alternative to Reddit at the moment.
Selix
Lord Nagafen Raider
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This Jesse Jackson rumor really seems to be the thing everyone's grabbing on to. Seems pretty unlikely to me. I don't get how Jesse Jackson's meltdown could be remotely considered an termination worthy offense. This Jesse Jackson AMA meltdown wasn't even a distant blip on my normal news browsing until the firing.
Lithose
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Yeah, I doubt it's Jackson, Jackson might have been an example of why investors would not be comfortable with this form of AMA any longer (IE more open.)...But the reality is, Reddit's AMA's have had the president and world leaders and scientists ect. It's been something amazingly strong for them, perhaps one of their strongest features--it's certainly why a lot of people frequent. To fire the person that has done such a great job is just a colossal fuck up, especially in that it was handled in such a way as to pull the rug out of several big forums setting up their AMA's.
Like it's clear Pao has no tact, or ability to handle a community...She is a shark, it's what she is good at; I've known quite a few of them. They are the last people in the world you want in charge of a place where you need to service millions of outspoken people. Because Pao is the type, from everything I read from her trial? Who would burn an entire company down if it meant she could have the satisfaction of firing someone who talked back to her. And that kind of attitude just won't fly when you rely on millions of people to do free content work.
spronk
FPS noob
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the history of SRS, you can google around and find it pretty easy. Dig around the SA general bullshit and FYAD archives from 2007 and you can find the beginnings of the reddit raids
also this
Noodleface
A Mod Real Quick
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I don't think anything related to Jesse Jackson would get her fired. All you had to do was read the Woody Harrelson AMA to know how shitty they can get if the person being asked just ignores shit.
Reddit is going to kill itself, what a shame. I spend my whole workday on reddit.
Reddit is going to kill itself, what a shame. I spend my whole workday on reddit.
Admins said they were sorry and they'll try to not be such jerks in the future. They will create new tools for mods to help facilitate communication with admins. A lot of the big subs will probably stop the blackout since that's what they were looking for. Maybe a few will stay private for 24 hours just for the extra fuck you.
I was a big user of Digg right when it destroyed itself. It will be interesting to see of Reddit can avoid making the same mistakes or if it's just going to slowly bleed to death. Is this the third cluster fuck in the last month? Either way I'm entertained.
I was a big user of Digg right when it destroyed itself. It will be interesting to see of Reddit can avoid making the same mistakes or if it's just going to slowly bleed to death. Is this the third cluster fuck in the last month? Either way I'm entertained.
Lambourne
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Reddit has an upset, Voat collapses under traffic from people trying to sign up. I wasn't on Digg or Reddit at the time, but I understand Reddit had tons of downtime for the same reason when Digg collapsed. There's a tipping point and you don't know where until you've passed it.
FPH doing well on Voat at least, it's getting lots of new users
What did they do this time? | announcements
Main post below since the site is up and down atm:
FPH doing well on Voat at least, it's getting lots of new users
What did they do this time? | announcements
Main post below since the site is up and down atm:
More power to these guys for doing this. I just find it funny that more people will band together over a reddit admin, than will worry about any of the fucked up shit going on in merica/world right now.
I didn't see how terrible Jesse Jackson's AMA was, but I figured it was a front (or reddit misdiagnosis) for something else but people were blaming that for the firing. I know other notable sinking ship AMA's include Martin O'Malley and Woody Harrelson's Rampart where they just blew up into a clusterfuck of questions. Also, wasn't there a notable fake Morgan Freeman AMA?