


After this, not quite so much.”Īlexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit.Īlexis, known as kn0thing on the site, issued a brief response to Yishan’s comment, saying: “It saddens me to hear you say this, Yishan. I did report to her, we didn’t handle it well, and again, I apologize.” “I actually asked that he be on the board when I joined I used to respect Alexis Ohanian. That’s a stunning lack of leadership and an incredibly shitty thing to do. “Then when the hate-train started up against Pao, Alexis should have been out front and center saying very clearly “Ellen Pao did not make this decision, I did.” Instead, he just sat back and let her take the heat. In this case it shouldn’t have traveled upstream to her, it came from above her. He had different ideas for AMAs, he didn’t like Victoria’s role, and decided to fire her. In a thread discussing the firing of Victoria, Yishan spoke up about the events that surrounded the decision that would eventually lead to Pao’s resignation, saying: “Alexis wasn’t some employee reporting to Pao, he was the Executive Chairman of the Board, i.e. Also See: Ironically, the #DontJudgeMeChallenge is Pretty Much Devoted to Judging People
