As detailed in "The Fall Of the house of Reddit", Ellen Pao's short tenure as interim CEO was filled with administrators leaving, being fired, unfulfilled promises and a petition with over 200,000 signatures asking for Pao to step down. As of 36 minutes ago, we learned that she has. The full statement posted to Reddit of course by Sam Altman says that Steve Huffman founder and original CEO will return to take the reins of the seemingly sinking internet ship. Ellen Pao has said in an interview to the NYT that the board had a disagreement about the future of the company:
“It became clear that the board and I had a different view on the ability of Reddit to grow this year,” Ms. Pao said in an interview. “Because of that, it made sense to bring someone in that shared the same view.”
", Ellen Pao's short tenure as interim CEO was filled with administrators leaving, being fired, unfulfilled promises and a petition with over 200,000 signatures asking for Pao to step down. As of 36 minutes ago, we learned that she has. The full statement posted to Reddit of course by Sam Altman says that Steve Huffman founder and original CEO will return to take the reins of the seemingly sinking internet ship. Ellen Pao has said in an interview to the NYT that the board had a disagreement about the future of the company:
“It became clear that the board and I had a different view on the ability of Reddit to grow this year,” Ms. Pao said in an interview. “Because of that, it made sense to bring someone in that shared the same view.”
This was expected. Shadowbans and random closing of unpopular subs were a thing long before Ellen Pao became CEO, and they will most likely continue. Reddit will remain in San Francisco. Victoria Taylor will remained "departed from Reddit". Same as it ever was.
