Reddit drama enters 2nd phase. Default subs go dark.

[Tyche]

http://www.reddit.com/r/SubredditDra...er_mod_firing/

Tl:dr

/u/chooter who streamlines AMAs for people was fired as an admin. Subs that host popular AMAs are pissed. Even subs that don't host AMAs are pissed.

These subs went dark.

/r/AskReddit
/r/History
/r/Art
/r/Gaming
/r/CrappyDesign
/r/law
/r/spain
/r/listentothis
/r/videos
/r/ImGoingToHellForThis
/r/foshelter
/r/sexwithbears
/r/gadgets
/r/subredditcancer

[tyven]

This is a much bigger deal to me than the fat subs closing (which was not an issue to me at all). LETS PRAY THIS CIVIL WAR ENDS TONIGHT

[Salodin]

HOLY SHIT the biggest subreddits around are going dark. This is baddddd...

[SamanosukeShiva]

/popcorn

[myreality]

/rsexwithbears.......

Play dead?

[tyven]

Gosh I hope it comes out why Victoria got fired

[tyven]

altho thanks to this i did discover /r/moviescirclejerk where half the threads just shit all over nolan and nolan fans so THAT is fantastic

[Tyche]

/rsexwithbears.......

Play dead?

Apparently that sub has almost 250,000 subscribers. I don't know what the fuck....

[Headspace]

altho thanks to this i did discover /r/moviescirclejerk where half the threads just shit all over nolan and nolan fans so THAT is fantastic

DAE MURPH

[Celeras]

r/Blackout2015 is where the axn is

[BaneTheBrawler]

i am subbed to almost none of these anymore.

[BerenTebogo]

I don't reddit so I don't understand what any of this means.

Plz 2 explain drama

[SephYuyX]

Who ever is running that place is terrible.

[Cantih]

/rsexwithbears.......

Play dead?

I don't think anyone fucking bears needs assistance.

[AidenCarby]

I don't reddit so I don't understand what any of this means.

Plz 2 explain drama

Pretty much this.

[tyven]

basically an important reddit employee was fired and in response moderators of very large/popular/default subforums are setting their subforums to private to 99.9% of users can't access them.

[tyven]

wow /r/pics and /r/wtf have gone dark as well. /r/wtf is where i make the gravest of internet mistakes. This is going to be bittersweet.

[Dantrag]

/popcorn

/r/popcorn

ftfy

[6souls]

I don't reddit so I don't understand what any of this means.

Plz 2 explain drama

basically an important reddit employee was fired and in response moderators of very large/popular/default subforums are setting their subforums to private to 99.9% of users can't access them.

r/OutOfTheLoop mod Gilgamesh explains it like this;

As much as Victoria is loved, this reaction is not all a result of her departure: there is a feeling among many of the moderators of reddit that the admins do not respect the work that is put in by the thousands of unpaid volunteers who maintain the communities of the 9,656 active subreddits, which they feel is expressed by, among other things, the lack of communication between them and the admins, and their disregard of the thousands of mods who keep reddit's communities going.

[BerenTebogo]

I would love to see reddit implode and burn. I have no personal stake in the matter cuz like I said, I don't reddit, just seems like it'd be really fun to watch.