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by solve 3987 days ago
Just doesn't make sense. Sure, quickly eliminate someone's role, but why immediately fire the person? Why not even try to transition the person to a new role? Was she employed as an independent contractor?

Reddit clearly has both plenty of money, and plenty of work to be done. This explanation doesn't add up at all.
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fuejduxhebd 3987 days ago
Alexis Ohanian has long been a proponent of viral marketing and native advertising on reddit. It's a very common thing for companies and movie stars to do AMA's in order to promote whatever they're working on. I'm willing to bet Ohanian wanted to make AMA's of this sort pay to play if they already weren't, which led to some friction with Victoria. (Of course this is only a theory.)

Here's him talking about marketing. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IyyIGg12QZw

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imron 3987 days ago
> but why immediately fire the person?

Move fast. Break things?

If so, they certainly achieved both objectives.

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