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[–]karmanaut 73 points74 points75 points x2 (51 children)
Today, we learned that Victoria was unexpectedly let go from her position with Reddt. We all had the rug ripped out from under us and feel betrayed.
Before doing that, the admins really should have at least talked to us (and all the other subs that host AMAs, like /r/Books, /r/Science, /r/Music, etc.) We had a number of AMAs scheduled for today that Victoria was supposed to help with, and they are all left absolutely high and dry (hence taking IAMA private to figure out the situation) She was still willing to help them today (before the sub was shut down, of course) even without being paid or required to do so. Just a sign of how much she is committed to what she does.
The admins didn't realize how much we rely on Victoria. Part of it is proof, of course: we know it's legitimate when she's sitting right there next to the person and can make them provide proof. We've had situations where agents or others have tried to do an AMA as their client, and Victoria shut that shit down immediately. We can't do that anymore.
Part of it is also that Victoria is an essential lifeline of communication. When something goes wrong in an AMA, we can call and get it fixed immediately. Otherwise, we have to resort to desperately try messaging the person via Reddit (and they may not know to check their messages or even to look for these notifications). Sometimes we have to resort to shit like this (now with a screenshot because I can't link to that anymore for you) where we have to nuke an entire submission just so that the person is aware of the problem.
Part of it is also organization. The vast majority of scheduling requests go through her and she ensures that we have all of the standard information that we need ahead of time (date, time, proof, description, etc.) and makes it easier for the teams that set up AMAs on both ends. She ensures that things will go well and that the person understands what /r/IAMA is and what is expected of them. Without her filling this role, we will be utterly overwhelmed. We might need to scrap the calendar altogether, or somehow limit AMAs from those that would need help with the process.
We have been really blindsided by all of this. As a result, we will need to go through our processes and see what can be done without her.
Tl;dr: for /r/IAMA to work the way it currently does, we need Victoria. Without her, we need to figure out a different way for it to work.
[–]BrutallyHonestDude 11 points12 points13 points  (11 children)
What? No way. She was awesome.
[–]karmanaut 13 points14 points15 points  (2 children)
We agree, and we will definitely miss her.
[–]AGreatWind 2 points3 points4 points  (1 child)
Then what the shit? Being well loved, respected, and doing a damn good job wasn't enough?!
Edit: sorry, man I am not yelling at you. This just feels like a really bad call.
[–]karmanaut 7 points8 points9 points  (0 children)
You know as much as I do. I am not privy to admin decision making.
[–]Seraph_Grymm 5 points6 points7 points  (0 children)
She is awesome. The best, her ability to help with AMAs on the scale that she did (full time and on personal time) and to still help us with some of the backend stuff?
She is one of the most kind and amazing and giving people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting, it's a sad day :(
[–]lula2488 5 points6 points7 points  (5 children)
The reddit admins don't think so
[–]BrutallyHonestDude 5 points6 points7 points  (4 children)
The admins have done at lot of stupid stuff lately.
[–]Kijafa<コ:彡 <コ:彡 <コ:彡 2 points3 points4 points  (2 children)
Yeah. Unless she was stealing from the company or something it's gonna be hard for them to justify this decision.
[–]Seraph_Grymm 2 points3 points4 points  (0 children)
As far as I'm concerned, there is no justifiable reason. There are no moral holes in her character that would allow for anything shady.
[–]cahaseler 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
Not a chance. She is the nicest person I know.
[–]orangejulius 3 points4 points5 points  (0 children)
She was really wonderful and she worked hard. There were times were I'd be wrapping up my work on the west coast at 8pm and she'd still be working at 11pm on the east coast and sometimes even later.
She really played a vital role in making AMAs run smoothly and had over 2000 of them under her belt. This is a huge blow to the subreddit and it came very suddenly.
[–]Lobstertrainer 9 points10 points11 points  (3 children)
The quality of the AMAs when victoria was handling them has been top notch. I'm afraid of what's coming up next. Hopefully we can get Victoria back aboard.
i'd also like to know the details on why she was suddenly let go...
[–]karmanaut 7 points8 points9 points  (0 children)
The quality of the AMAs when victoria was handling them has been top notch.
This is our primary problem at the moment. We need a way to keep the quality up without her, and we have no way to do that. She was the one ensuring that they did look at tough questions (even if they didn't have good answers), and ensuring that they devoted lots of time to the AMA and all of that. Without her, we can't know or enforce any of that. Super frustrating.
[–]cahaseler 3 points4 points5 points  (1 child)
Probably trying to cut costs and make a new direction for reddit. I can't say I'm a big fan of any decision out of reddit corporate for quite some time.
[–]astarkey12 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
It's odd though because Victoria is essential to the high quality of reddit's moneymaker: AMAs. She is able to convey personalities through text better than anyone I've ever read.
[–]kyle8998 9 points10 points11 points  (2 children)
Damn, do you guys have any idea why they let Victoria go? It just seems like a mistake. :(
Anyways I wish you guys the best in solving this problem.
[–]N8theGr8 3 points4 points5 points  (0 children)
I'll be keeping an eye on /r/blog and /r/announcements to see if they say anything. As soon as I saw the message that showed up when /r/iama went private, I checked there.
[–]Seraph_Grymm 6 points7 points8 points  (0 children)
Reason hasn't been disclosed, but thank you for the well wish.
[–]shwag945 4 points5 points6 points  (0 children)
Now I really want to know why Victoria was fired....
Also seeing a default sub go private. Never thought I would see the day.
[–]Seraph_Grymm 9 points10 points11 points  (0 children)
Without her, we need to figure out a different way for it to work.
Exactly.
Which warranted immediate review of our processes and how to handle things going forward.
We apologize for the inconvenience, but it is necessary.
[–]warwickraid 3 points4 points5 points  (0 children)
Holy shit they fired Victoria? Not even a warning just up and gone. Today is a sad day for reddit.
[–]splattypus 3 points4 points5 points  (0 children)
Thanks for the statement, Karmanaut. Really, really sorry to hear the bad news, I know how much you and all the other mods and Victoria pour yourselves into trying to host the best AMAs possible.
[–]FredWampy 3 points4 points5 points  (3 children)
Sometimes we have to resort to shit like this
Clicked link. Subreddit still private.
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[–]K_LobstahAMA about Rampart 2 points3 points4 points  (0 children)
When the individual teams of volunteer moderators are more reliable than the business they work for, something is wrong.
Not to go all Chicken Little here, but literally what the fuck is happening in that office right now?
[–]FlammableBaconPretty out of the loop 1 point2 points3 points  (1 child)
Stupid question... Who is Victoria?
[–]karmanaut 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
She was an admin who regularly (like, 4 or 5 a day, maybe?) assisted people with doing AMAs.
[–]astarkey12 1 point2 points3 points  (0 children)
Yea, this was a complete surprise to us in /r/music when she messaged apologizing for letting us down on the upcoming AMAs. She was arguably one of reddit's greatest assets, I'll miss working with her, and this site will undoubtedly suffer in her absence. Whatever happens, I'll pour out a little liquor tonight in /u/chooter's honor.
[–]CitizenPremier 1 point2 points3 points  (0 children)
It would be seriously bad mojo if they told you before her. Imagine any other company doing that... walking around a construction site and saying "oh, by the way, we're gonna fire the foreman next week, she doesn't know yet though..."
Not only would it be rude to her but from then on all employees would be looking for secret conspiracies to fire them.
[–]EdgarAllanPolice 3 points4 points5 points  (2 children)
That's a drag. For some reason, I thought it may have had something to do with Jesse Jackson's AMA yesterday, but that would be odd.
[–]karmanaut 8 points9 points10 points  (1 child)
We've had plenty of bad AMAs happen; that's nothing to get worked up about.
[–]EdgarAllanPolice 1 point2 points3 points  (0 children)
Figured as much, which is why I then thought the idea was silly. Hope you guys get it sorted!
[–]Bossman1086 2 points3 points4 points  (0 children)
Well that's really shitty. Really didn't see that coming considering how much work she did and how much the community loved her.
Thanks for the transparency, /u/karmanaut. It's appreciated. And I hope you guys are able to figure out a way to keep things running smoothly.
[–]EzraWinter 1 point2 points3 points  (0 children)
Thanks for this comprehensive explanation.
[–]captainmeta4 1 point2 points3 points  (4 children)
Sometimes we have to resort to shit like this where we have to nuke an entire submission just so that the person is aware of the problem.
Mind screenshotting that link for us, since the subreddit is private and some of us don't know the story for that particular link?
[–]captainmeta4 1 point2 points3 points  (1 child)
Now I know why you wanted an Approved Contributor nuke script from me in /r/defaultmods =/
[–]courtiebabe420 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
Thanks for your help! Haha.
[–]karmanaut 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
Shit, I didn't even think of that. Sorry.
[–]Grande_Yarbles 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
Thanks for the explanation- hope you get things back on track soon.
I wonder what theories folks will come up with to explain the sudden departure. My guess is she started doing tequila shots and punched Jesse Jackson.
[–]Werner__Herzogit's difficult difficult lemon difficult 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
Hmm, that doesn't sound like it was very well thought out. I hope there will be some kind of explanation (but probably not). Thank you for keeping everybody up to date. Good luck in modmail, etc.
[–]allthefoxes 0 points1 point2 points  (0 children)
Wow this sucks.
Good luck you guys. This really sucks for reddit as a whole.
Barely any engineers, no victoria..making everyone move to SF.
Reddit's business decisions have been pretty questionable lately, not to mention what they have been even doing with what few engineers they have.
[–]Ayy_1mao -4 points-3 points-2 points  (4 children)
Why can't AMAs be done without the hand holding, like they were before Victoria?
[–]Zeppelanoid 11 points12 points13 points  (0 children)
Because AMAs were a shit show before then, and the quality of people doing the AMAs was no where near as high.
[–]47Ronin 10 points11 points12 points  (1 child)
Don't you have any questions for me about Rampart?
EDIT: (Please don't downvote the guy above me, this is an incredibly relevant question, one the admins should have asked before they went full retard.)
[–]Grande_Yarbles 1 point2 points3 points  (0 children)
In honor of Victoria's departure I think for one day all questions should be Rampart themed.
[–]karmanaut 7 points8 points9 points  (0 children)
Some can, and we may just have to go back to that for everyone. It really depends on how familiar the person is with Reddit. But there are so many issues (like proof, or understanding what the AMA is about) that are relevant right now, and we need to immediately rethink the process. And we can't moderate, help today's scheduled AMAs without her, and decide all of that within the next day or so, so we're limiting the sub for the time being.
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