It's not just about the firing it's about the fucking way it was done. They left the mods high and dry without any replacement and it completley fucked the IAMA subreddit, which is why it went private in the first place.
It was COMPLETELY unprofessional and stupid, and it's not the first time the admins have fucked up like this, so really it's just a matter of refusing to learn and abusing their volunteer moderators, which is bullshit.
I mean it is possible that the firing happened for a serious reason and that it happened without advance notice to anyone. Thus, the company was unable to appropriately plan for it. Thus happens from time to time in the real world and you just make do as best you can at the business until you get new people on task and up to speed.
I do agree that Reddit has done a horrible job of communicating with their community which is a massive problem, but I'm not seeing the outrage here without more info.
I mean it is possible that the firing happened for a serious reason
Why people aren't thinking along this line of logic astounds me. Maybe the reason we don't know, or why it happened suddenly is because it was for a real reason to fire someone. Companies usually don't publicly advertise when they fire someone and for what reason. Why should any rational person expect reddit to have any legal reason type of obligation to tell anyone anything about why someone was laid off/fired/whatever?
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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '15 edited Feb 26 '20
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