Ellen Pao resigns [Megathread]

Valvert · 44分前

Oh holy shit I wasn't expecting that at all

JustSmall · 32分前

Here's a nice response to Pao's comment from her resignation post in /r/self:

Fuck off cunt

Now if you look through that user's history you'll find a comment barely one day old stating:

Some of the comments in this thread are unfuckingbelievable.

Free speech doesn't mean you can go around calling people n****rs and anything else racist as shit. Get the fuck out with that nonsense.

It's brilliant.

pandas795 · 46分前

The anti pao subs are going to have a field day today.

AssHat_McGee_ · 44分前

Ellen was thinking of us before making this decision. This popcorn is gonna be delicious.

elephantinegrace · 45分前

On one hand, the butter is going to flow like water tonight, so yay!

On the other, the butter well is going to dry up like old genitalia after this, so NOOOOOOOO!

sakebomb69 · 41分前

Brb, going to anonymously threaten my bosses.

xXxcutting4luvxXx · 37分前

So why am I leaving? Ultimately, the board asked me to demonstrate higher user growth in the next six months than I believe I can deliver while maintaining reddit’s core principles.

There's just going to be neverending drama as they try to monetize reddit, isn't there?

HeNeverLies4 · 35分前

Seriously, this is really the Golden age of /r/SubredditDrama

bta47 · 47分前

Now Reddit knows that all it takes is a massive shitstorm of whining and it can get anything done.

Wooo.

PimpinPriest · 41分前

Well, there goes /r/all

SDSSJ102915172927 · 43分前

I get the feeling her job was to be the boogie man and take the flack for the changes and then go all along?

greyspectre2100 · 33分前

On one hand, it sucks to be out of a job.

On the other hand, can you imagine how good it must feel to not be responsible for this shit anymore? Like this.

mangokat · 42分前

Oh god, I don't think I'm prepared for the storm. Who wants to bet that this isn't really gonna change anything? If higher ups have an agenda, it's gonna get done with or without Ellen Pao.

VulcanRyu07 · 44分前

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Guardax · 43分前

This is exactly the dream scenario for the protestors. Ellen Pao is out and /u/spez who reminds them of the 'good 'ol days' is in. This is pretty much the only time reddit actually achieved something

Zxccft · 38分前

Over 5k upvotes in under 15 minutes. Wow.

EDIT: It's on pace to break 10k in under 25 minutes. We're witnessing history people!

lbkr · 32分前

Can Ellen mod SRD now please?

http://i.imgur.com/RB9dEgG.png

lolpierandom · 34分前

Popcorn tastes good.

Wow, in her last moments she proves that's she's more of a Redditor than any of us will ever be, leaving us with just one more dank meme to contemplate.

Oh, this shitstorm will be glorious!

GhostMatter · 44分前

/r/Announcements thread

Conflux · 32分前

I like the, "She's stepping down, but a lot of you need to grow the fuck up" statement at the end. Somehow I feel like it'll be overlooked.

YungSnuggie · 39分前

it actually fucking happened

holy shit

the nerds won

memes triumped

this is the darkest timeline

but you know what this really means, right? all those voat kids are going to feel like its ok to come back to reddit. god damnit

ellouelle · 46分前

My heart is literally racing with drama anticipation.

Oxus007 · 41分前

Can I just point out that every time SRD mods make a big meta post, something HUGE happens on reddit?

HMMMMMM????

ootmywindow · 46分前

It's happening.

In for various threads spanning thousands of comments.

smarvin6689 · 39分前

I did not see that coming.

contentBat · 36分前

Ellen has done a phenomenal job, especially in the last few months

She certainly polarised the community.

OramaBuffin · 34分前

I'm impartial to her resignation but oh god I dread the next time the fires of entitlement explode on reddit with this much ammo.

Spam78 · 26分前

One month after FPH is banned. A perfect way to round out Dramadan.

redct · 47分前

Hoooooooooooooly fuck.

PyreDruid · 45分前

This will surely raise the level of discourse on the site.

In no way will it embolden the people with terrible attitudes.

(just in case /s, honestly I was hoping any changes waited until the controversy was a little less).

WTFDOITYPEHERE · 40分前

Holy shit.

Our internet tantrums made the babysitter quit! Now mom and dad have to stay home and watch us!

The_YoungWolf · 39分前

Man, I still don't care one way or another.

aldmerimaneater · 38分前

Right when I thought this entire shitstorm was gonna blow over she actually resigns.

DannyLee90 · 36分前

I have a feeling that this was going to happen regardless of whether the site pitched a massive shitfit or not. She was an interim CEO, after all.

ShadowMantis500 · 34分前

If this is the end of this, then hopefully it's a net positive with the banning of FPH + the promise of new mod tools and better communication.

Too bad there was so much vitriol and hatred towards people to ultimately didn't deserve it though.

Kevtavish · 48分前

You guys did it, Reddit!

Angadar · 39分前

This is an awful precedent, even if it was somehow unrelated. This site is going to get angrier and angrier.

krabbby · 38分前

Time to avoid /r/all for another week.

lambrean · 40分前

Wow, not how I expected this to end. This is gonna be a blood bath!

btr154 · 29分前

RIP this thread

unpickedname · 45分前

Cue fph type people claiming victory

TobyTheRobot · 48分前

Ohhhhh snap. This gon' be good.

onlyhereforhiphop · 44分前

Oh man I'm so glad I'm here now, for this moment.

gatorademebitches · 38分前

holy shit... the only thing that could make this a bigger shitstorm is if sarkeesian replaced her

Oxus007 · 37分前

Bringing my best popcorn gif for this one

AAD3B435B51404EE · 37分前

Here's the /r/self post by Pao https://np.reddit.com/r/self/comments/3cudi0/resignation_thank_you/

Geirkrak · 37分前

Between the "Fuck Pao" crowd and the "Fuckin' Rebbitors" crowd, the popcorn will flow like a river, providing vital buttery nutrients to all in the flood plain.

UncleJoeBiden · 37分前

It's like if /r/findbostonbombers had actually succeeded.

tarekd19 · 25分前

Why Ellen why? you were our SJW goddess! Who real protect us from the beautiful menz and their neckbeards now?

colepdx · 25分前

popcorn tastes good

😍 we need this in the sidebar already.

GruxKing · 23分前

This sets a bad precedent that all it takes is whining for redditors to get what they want

EggoSlayer · 23分前

I wish she didn't. It was a grand source of popcorn...

btr154 · 22分前

I feel kind of bad for Ellen Pao.

Oxus007 · 43分前

This is seriously crazy, Reddit has been on fire lately, but they just dropped a nuke.

I can almost feel the collective orgasm of all the Ellen Pao haters.

fancyhedgehog · 40分前

Trying to make this website sustainably turn a profit whilst thousands of neckbeards keep screaming "cunt" and racial slurs at you sounds like a terrible job, so I don't blame her.

manicpoohbear · 45分前

Am I about to witness the biggest bowl of popcorn ever?

lvysaur · 42分前

Shit, this gives the voaters a reason to come back.

My tears make the popcorn extra salty.

dlm891 · 43分前

Now I'm in the "Hate Ellen Pao" camp. All the idiots on Reddit will think their whining and shitposting actually made a difference.

I feel exactly like the people who were bitching at mods for re-opening subs after the blackout.

PikerE · 38分前

So all the vile trolls got what they wanted? Disgusting.

magic_is_might · 27分前

Great part of the announcement post:

As a closing note, it was sickening to see some of the things redditors wrote about Ellen.

[1]The reduction in compassion that happens when we’re all behind computer screens is not good for the world. People are still people even if there is Internet between you. If the reddit community cannot learn to balance authenticity and compassion, it may be a great website but it will never be a truly great community. Steve’s great challenge as CEO [2] will be continuing the work Ellen started to drive this forward.

[1] Disagreements are fine. Death threats are not, are not covered under free speech, and will continue to get offending users banned.

Glad they called out these assholes.

Dear_Occupant · 43分前

OP, here's the announcement thread.

delta8369 · 40分前

I know it must be obvious (sorry), but why did everyone not like Ellen Pao?

sophacles · 40分前

Ever since kn0thing came back, they have been having these drama waves on weekends. I think they want all of os office drones to keep using reddit after work. Well I say we put up a petition on change.org, because dammit... who wants to reddit for free?

TheProudBrit · 39分前

Well. At the very least this popcorns a good birthday present, if nothing else.

samneu6 · 37分前

Commenting on top of a tidal wave of shit about to come crashing down

DragonPup · 37分前

I might just be completely out of the loop, but aside from the recent Victoria Drama I didn't really have a problem with Pao. /shrug

MyAltAltAcct · 36分前

This drama is like Christmas in July

cosmologicalmike · 29分前

Ahh man. I hope this doesn't mean the people who left for voat are coming back.

CitrusSeven · 27分前

I want to be amused at the drama to come, but all I have is this terrible feeling that something really shitty is about to happen.

KatanaNomad · 25分前

I think I'm going to stay off of reddit for the next few days rather than watching KiA jerk themselves off over this.

homicidalunicorns · 23分前

I really appreciated spez' bravery in posting a Tumblr gif here. Says something about just how much people hated Pao that they'd let that slide.

DannyLee90 · 22分前

Well, now who is reddit going to scapegoat with all their angst?

http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luqn93qjZA1qjl3iq.gif

This new guy is going places.

KarmaNeutrino · 20分前

Yeah, /r/Blackout2015, it wasn't your threat of a 'blackout' tomorrow that did this, sorry.

Guy_de_Nolastname · 11分前

It's pretty funny that this happened on the day when so many Redditors are boycotting this site for 24 hours. Maybe now the freeze peach people will whine less...HAHAHA, of course they won't!

As a closing note, it was sickening to see some of the things redditors wrote about Ellen.

You're goddamn right.

aram855 · 9分前

With this, Dramadan is coming to a close it seems. It was a good month of butter and pop corn!

Kezzup · 41分前

On one hand, yeah, Pao was a pretty terrible CEO, all things considered.

On the other hand, default Reddit will most likely take this and run with it in aaaalll the wrong ways.

xMrBlonde · 42分前

This feels so sad. Bunch of whiny babies getting what they want. Damn

muhmuhinternetpoints · 48分前

The man child mob won. "We did it reddit"

Zorkamork · 40分前

Oh good now all Reddit needs to do is be as just utterly hateful as possible and they get their way

Kimbobbins · 38分前

Wonder if we'll see an influx of returning shitlords from Voat. I hope not

bolaxao · 37分前

Wasn't she like a temporary CEO anyway?

xavierdc · 29分前

Great, now Redditors will tap themselves on the back and say 'We did it Reddit!' and continue with their hissyfits. FPH is still banned though lulz.


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