Re:Reddit’s Plan to Recover from Its Meltdown
by meowface on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @08:23PM
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Pedantic, but: while 1, 3, and 4 may have had much to do with it, I think her being Asian was completely irrelevant. Reddit isn't exactly anti-Asian.
The previous (interim) CEO, Yishan, was also Asian and did not receive any kind of negative sentiment due to it or even any mention of it.
Re:Reddit’s Plan to Recover from Its Meltdown
by return0 on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @07:35PM
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That's one way to see it , but one's truth is somebody else's lie. Pao was particularly bad at communicating her intentions - even a white male would be met with rage in this case. She made her position worse by bringing identity politics into it and playing the victim card. I think if she had used a better style of communication she could have stayed. Also, i m not convinced from what i read that there was some global conspiracy against her. Herd mentality is not organized.
Re:Reddit’s Plan to Recover from Its Meltdown
by TazeTSchnitzel on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @07:38PM
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> Also, i m not convinced from what i read that there was some global conspiracy against her.
The word "organised" was a poor choice on my part. "Mass" might be more accurate.
Though I know it wasn't an entirely disorganised thing.
Re:Reddit’s Plan to Recover from Its Meltdown
by tsotha on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @08:24PM
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#3 and #4, yeah. A lot of people (myself included) felt she was the wrong person for the job. Not everyone is receptive to the constant speech policing that invariably results when you put an SJW in charge.
Grasping at straws. She was met with a massive, organised campaign of hatred. This isn't explained by being "old" or having a "poor business background".
But being a 1) female, 2) asian person who had 3) recently lost a highly-publicised gender discrimination lawsuit and 4) enacted an anti-harassment policy would explain the hatred. There is a large number of people who are misogynist, racist and/or openly hostile to what they view as "political correctness". And a much larger number of people who will listen to and possibly be pursuaded their lies.