Reddit is in meltdown.
The hugely popular link-sharing site is in a state of virtual lockdown after the volunteers who run some of the site’s biggest communities (known as “subreddits”) went on the digital equivalent of a general strike. This followed the sacking of Victoria Taylor, a popular site admin, after a Reddit Q&A with the Rev. Jesse Jackson went badly for the activist preacher.
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It’s another blow for interim Reddit CEO Ellen Pao, with users dubbing her “Chairman Pao” ever since the June crackdown.
Ellen Pao is also notorious for her opportunistic abuse of discrimination law: http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/03/30/thankyouellenpao-only-if-you-like-bullying-vexatious-opportunists/
Thanks FZ. I saw that in Breitbart, but it leaves out a lot of detail. Was it Taylor who did the Q&A with Jackson, or was she less directly involved? Frankly I’ve never understood how people like Jesse Jackson have so much clout, let alone credibility. RICO laws should have shut him down, as well as the greater part of Communist agitation in our country, a long time ago.