[dahdum]

She was CEO during the start of a wave of subreddit bans and the dismissal of a very popular Reddit employee (Victoria). Whatever her actual level of involvement in those decisions, I think it's reasonable to say the pitchforks came out because of them. As the trolls found more real or imagined "dirt" about her, it escalated as many were eager to believe it.

[kristofferR]

If I remember correctly she also made some incredibly dumb Reddit comments which indicated that she didn't get Reddit at all.