Reddit CEO Ellen Pao resigns amid vitriol, protests

From ComputerWorld: Ellen Pao is resigning as Reddit's interim chief executive after a week of tumult on the online message board with many users calling for her ouster.

Pao is resigning under a mutual agreement with Reddit's board, the company announced. She will be succeeded by Steve Huffman , Reddit's co-founder and original chief executive, who will work alongside Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

Pao leaves the company after a storm of furor from users after Reddit's termination of Victoria Taylor, a key employee who helped facilitate Reddit's popular Ask Me Anything sessions.

Late last week, some areas of Reddit's sites known as subreddits, where users post messages in a common thread, were made inaccessible to most users, ostensibly by site moderators who were angry about Taylor's firing. Pao subsequently apologized, acknowledging broader missteps and a lack of responsiveness to concerns from users.

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