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posted by takyon on Friday July 03 2015, @06:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the internet-defense-league dept.

Victoria Taylor, the human interface between many celebrities and the Reddit "Ask Me Anything" subreddit, was today unexpectedly let go from her position with Reddit. The nature of the dismissal is unclear, including whether or not it was initiated by Victoria herself. As a result of this action, a large number of popular and/or default subreddits have gone private, or have disabled story submissions.

See here for more updates:

TL;DR /r/IAmA, /r/AskReddit, /r/Books, /r/science, /r/Music, /r/gaming, /r/history, /r/Art, /r/videos, /r/gadgets, /r/todayilearned, /r/Documentaries, /r/LifeProTips, and /r/movies have all made themselves private in response to the removal of an administrator key to the AMA process, /u/chooter, but also due to underlying resentment against the admins for running the site poorly - being uncommunicative, and disregarding the thousands of moderators who keep the site running. In addition, /r/listentothis has disabled all submissions, and so has /r/picsand /r/Jokes has announced its support (but has not gone private). Major subreddits, including /r/4chan, /r/circlejerk and /r/ImGoingToHellForThis, have also expressed solidarity through going private.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 03 2015, @06:52AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 03 2015, @06:52AM (#204592)

    Let's be honest here, fuckface. You voted for Obama, didn't you? You are to blame for the distinct lack of hope or change. Fuck you.

  • (Score: 2) by Hartree on Friday July 03 2015, @06:56AM

    by Hartree (195) on Friday July 03 2015, @06:56AM (#204593)

    There, there. Go lie down and take a Xanax. I promise it will get better and the octopuses will go away.

    (Actually, no I didn't. I voted for Gary Johnson. I think I've given you an exclusive as I don't think I've even mentioned that to my family. Aren't you such a special snowflake? :) )

  • (Score: 2) by Tork on Friday July 03 2015, @03:29PM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 03 2015, @03:29PM (#204750)
    As pleas for attention go, that one's pretty desperate.
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