Based on interviews since (so obvious grain of salt) as well as her background (keyword “her”), Pao was likely set up to clean up the image a bit and then get thrown under the bus for such negative actions as… banning revenge porn and blatant hate subs. She gets a nice payday and Reddit gets a bogeyman.
Its pretty standard for start up cultures and “tech” companies. Bring in an outsider to do the unpopular stuff and then have the founder/golden boy come back to “right the ship”.
Based on interviews since (so obvious grain of salt) as well as her background (keyword “her”), Pao was likely set up to clean up the image a bit and then get thrown under the bus for such negative actions as… banning revenge porn and blatant hate subs. She gets a nice payday and Reddit gets a bogeyman.
Its pretty standard for start up cultures and “tech” companies. Bring in an outsider to do the unpopular stuff and then have the founder/golden boy come back to “right the ship”.
The glass cliff…