My god, what a horribly written article, and by the BBC?
> Reddit went into virtual lockdown, with many of the sections made private after Victoria Taylor was fired.
Sections? Private? Explain this to your users, or use better wording.
> About 100 chat sections, or sub-reddits, that together have millions of readers are believed to have been shut, although are many are now again public.
Just..what? "have been shut", "are many are now"
> There had been no explanation of why she was suddenly sacked, said the administrators.
This makes no sense. Administrators are the employees/company. So you're saying that the company just fired someone without knowing why? Maybe you meant moderators?
Anything they say to the press can be used in a discrimination lawsuit. Pao is a lawyer, she knows when to keep her mouth shut to the press.
It is better to say she doesn't know why Victoria was fired, than give an actual reason that can be investigated. A CEO that doesn't know what their own organization is doing is a poor CEO, but better to be seen as a poor CEO than one that has a political agenda and fires people based on discrimination principles.
Pao needs to be vague so they can't use her words against her in a lawsuit. It is obvious she is trying to clean up Reddit to get better advertisers by banning subs and users and firing people whom she thinks allows certain behavior to go unpunished.
To be fair it's on the Newsbeat "magazine" section of the bbc which is intentionally more informal / gossipy and also aimed at a young demographic. Still a fairly shoddy article though I'd agree.
> Reddit went into virtual lockdown, with many of the sections made private after Victoria Taylor was fired.
Sections? Private? Explain this to your users, or use better wording.
> About 100 chat sections, or sub-reddits, that together have millions of readers are believed to have been shut, although are many are now again public.
Just..what? "have been shut", "are many are now"
> There had been no explanation of why she was suddenly sacked, said the administrators.
This makes no sense. Administrators are the employees/company. So you're saying that the company just fired someone without knowing why? Maybe you meant moderators?