[AdeptusAquinas]

If they want to remove her as CEO they should leave Reddit, and hope that the loss of their traffic is enough economic pressure to call for her dismissal. Petitions are just a way to whine without committing to anything.

[msandford]

Well, there are good odds that the investors in Reddit will see this and might consider taking corrective action. Reddit is still a growing site, so if people start leaving that might leave Reddit with growth, albeit at a slower rate. That's not necessarily all that meaningful to investors. A slight reduction in growth rate. But huge numbers of people saying "there needs to be a change" and signing a petition might actually be more productive. Since it's a visible number rather than an invisible side effect.

[AdeptusAquinas]

Perhaps, though a quick look at http://www.reddit.com/about says that 100k isn't really a huge number for them. For now at least, its a text-book definition of a 'vocal minority'.

[msandford]

Yeah I'm not saying that 100k is definitely enough to get her removed or anything. But if 100k people saying "this sucks" is meaningless, imagine how much more meaningless just quitting and saying nothing is.

I'm not saying that these people will accomplish their goal. But they're definitely stirring up bad publicity for Reddit. That's not a great way to get a CEO fired, but bad publicity is a lot worse for Reddit than losing 100k users.

[a3n]

Years ago, I quit Netflix when they separated the digital and DVD offerings. "Harumph!"

These days they're fine, I'm back, and it's almost the only thing I watch on my TV.