Reddit Burns: Subreddit Meltdown Frenzy

[McJob]

[9:59:36 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: So reddit is burning to the ground.
[10:03:20 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: IAmA, art, crappydesign, circlejerk, gaming, movies, history, science, askreddit are all down
[10:04:20 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: One of the high profile reddit staff got fired and that forced IAmA to close down so they could restructure. Now all the other subreddits and going into meltdown.
[10:05:13 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: "Sudden termination"
[10:05:27 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: "Unexpectedly let go"
[10:05:40 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: "Allegedly dismissed"
[10:05:51 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: Person in question is Victoria Taylor.
[10:06:12 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: She was the Director of Communications for Reddit.

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/reddits-ama-subreddit-down-after-victoria-taylor-depature-2015-7

/discuss.

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[DJ Charizard]

RIP my favorite news/topic site that wasn't cluttered with ads everywhere and had pretty great feedback when you posted something.

[blockguy™]

hey my subreddit is okay so i don't need to worry

[·:Taboo:·]

>business insider
What

[Aces]

good thing I only got a reddit specifically for one subreddit

[·:Taboo:·]

good thing I only got a reddit specifically for one subreddit

I go back and forth between like two and a half. This doesn't really affect me as well.

[Freek]

had pretty great feedback when you posted something.

haha.. right..

[Glass Joe]

the only subreddits i frequent are fatpeoplestories, tardtales, and smashbros

thank god none of them are caught up in this nonsense

[McJob]

Tip of my Joystick is still open. That's all I want. That's all I need.

[Flush535]

the subs aren't going into meltdown...aren't they just protesting the lack of communication on firing victoria/messing up iama's schedule?

http://redd.it/3bwgjf

http://redd.it/3bw39q

[McJob]

aren't they just protesting the lack of communication on firing victoria/messing up iama's schedule?

Yes, but any reddit drama is meltdown-level drama.

[Nal]

"TL;DR /r/IAmA[1] , /r/AskReddit[2] , /r/science[3] , /r/gaming[4] , /r/history[5] , /r/Art[6] , /r/videos[7] , /r/gadgets[8] , and /r/movies[9] have all made themselves private in response to the removal of an administrator key to the AMA process, /u/chooter [10] , but also due to underlying resentment against the admins for running the site poorly - being uncommunicative, and disregarding the thousands of moderators who keep the site running. In addition, /r/listentothis[11] has disabled all submissions[12] , and /r/Jokes[13] has announced its support[14] (but has not gone private). Major subreddits, including /r/4chan[15] , /r/circlejerk[16] and /r/ImGoingToHellForThis[17] , have also expressed solidarity through going private."

[ZombiLoin]

... so nothing lost.

Lol, I kid. Waiting to see how this goes.

[Harm94]

Not a big fan of reddit, too much elitism and pretentiousness, and that gold thing seems to solidify that.

[TheBlackParrot]

holy stuff lol
https://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDrama/comments/3bxm5v/reddit_live_thread_for_amageddon_pm_or_reply_if/