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Ellen Pao Resigns as CEO of Reddit

posted by takyon on Friday July 10 2015, @10:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the steve-huffman-is-back dept.

Horse With Stripes writes:

The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Time and several other news sources are reporting that Ellen Pao is resigning as CEO of Reddit. Pao will be replaced by Steve Huffman, a Reddit co-founder and its first CEO.

Pao has had a stormy and controversial stint as interim chief executive officer of Reddit which culminated in a mass user protest in recent weeks, as previously reported on SN.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by linkdude64 on Saturday July 11 2015, @01:01AM

    by linkdude64 (5482) on Saturday July 11 2015, @01:01AM (#207720)

    The deposition of a dictatorial CEO who was stifling internet freedom in the name of "Safe spaces" and "political correctness" is a boon to anybody concerned with Free speech on the Internet.
    A win for Internet freedom is a win for the technology industry and global information sharing as a whole.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2015, @11:43AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2015, @11:43AM (#207843)

    Doesn't make it "breaking news." Breaking News is for important stuff that is going on right now, and is fluid such that details can and will change as the day goes on that you need to "stay tuned" to see how the story develops. Did anyone expect that after her resignation was announced that anything else would happen?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2015, @04:20PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 11 2015, @04:20PM (#207917)

    political correctness

    Is anybody ever going to define this term for me? Wtf does it mean, besides just being a meaningless attack phrase for things you disagree with or don't like?

    • (Score: 2) by M. Baranczak on Saturday July 11 2015, @05:28PM

      by M. Baranczak (1673) on Saturday July 11 2015, @05:28PM (#207934)
      I think you just answered your own question.

    • (Score: 1) by NickFortune on Monday July 13 2015, @02:17PM

      by NickFortune (3267) on Monday July 13 2015, @02:17PM (#208500)

      political correctness

      Is anybody ever going to define this term for me? Wtf does it mean, besides just being a meaningless attack phrase for things you disagree with or don't like?

      It's funny, but there was an AC asking that same question in the last thread about Reddit. Even using the term "meaningless attach phrase".

      But ... I'm guessing that was a different AC though, because I answered the question in that thread.

      Maybe you could go back and read that answer?