Exit from Reddit Ellen Pao

—ellen pao s resignation post

opposition increased on july 2 when large sections of reddit set private protest dismissal of victoria taylor, reddit s director of talent, known co-ordinating ask me interviews. expressing frustration on decline in communication reddit management, ama moderators stated had learned firing indirectly after happened. despite 1 post contrary, taylor s dismissal attributed pao, commentators suggesting move diminished credibility advocate female employees. received increased harassment result , petition removal surpassed 200,000 signatures. on july 3, pao issued apologies through reddit , time magazine. however, reddit post thought have been deleted after received enough downvotes lose visibility. in longer post on july 6, apologized poor communication between staff members , not delivering on promises. pao resigned on july 10 , replaced reddit co-founder steve huffman.

on july 12, former ceo yishan wong had defended 5 bans on quora began series of posts referred declassifying lot of things . first drew attention fact victoria taylor fired alexis ohanian. when shown media covering post, pao tweeted not blaming me . in later post, recalled 2 instances of pao arguing against purging hateful subreddits, wong sharply criticized movement against , warned stricter policies under site s cofounders. huffman followed enacting policy reduce prominence of xenophobic communities , ban others. on july 13, reddit s chief engineer bethanye blount left company unrelated reasons , opined pao did not receive enough support board. specifically, referenced glass cliff phenomenon in women allegedly given disproportionately unstable leadership positions. on july 16, ellen pao wrote difficulty of combating harassment while preserving edgy content . editorial described called 1 of largest trolling attacks in history , subsequent outpouring of support.