Reddit (Finally) Bans CoonTown
After months of bending over backwards to explain why a subreddit dedicated to violent hate speech against black people was OK, Reddit’s new CEO announced today that /r/CoonTown is no more.
Reddit's Most Racist Community Rejoices as New CEO Says He Won't Delete It
The part of Reddit dedicated to hating black people and applauding their deaths will be safe, according to an announcement by the site’s new CEO. The bigots are lovin’ it!
Reddit CEO: Site Not Supposed to Be a "Bastion of Free Speech"
Reddit has a choice: it can either detox its increasingly loud racist, sexist, backwards quarters, or slowly die. An announcement by the site’s new CEO says a change is on the way.
No One Wants to Admit It, but Reddit Can't Be Saved
It’s looking more and more like Ellen Pao was, in some sense, set up to fail by her male board of directors. Her predecessor Yishan Wong says it. A top Reddit engineer said it right after quitting. It might sound conspiratorial if it weren’t about this particular site.
Top Reddit Engineer Quits Saying Ousted CEO Ellen Pao Was Set Up to Fail
The chaos at Reddit continues: chief engineer Bethanye Blount quit Monday after less than two months on the job, saying she’s lost confidence in the direction of the company and believes ousted CEO Ellen Pao was set up to fail.
The Rise and Fall of Ellen Pao: Timeline of a Reddit Tantrum
Yesterday, Ellen Pao stepped down as CEO of Reddit. Co-founder Steve Huffman will take her place. Pao’s resignation came after a week of heightened tension at the company and on the site, but her tenure had been fraught with controversy and backlash from the sites users since it began.
Wired Loses Reddit Founders, Just Like We Warned
The founders of Reddit.com confirmed the rumors first aired here two weeks ago: they are leaving Wired Digital, which acquired their site in 2006. Bad news, but not unexpected. Here's Reddit's growth after spoiled Condé Nast execs took it over:
Reddit's scientific proof that free beer equals more traffic
Al Gore should count himself lucky they already announced the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. If the Supreme Court weighed in on this one, they might reconsider. Alerting the world the threat of global warming? Meh. In the accompanying chart, Reddit founders Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian prove the correlation…
