Social networking site Reddit is facing a revolt from its moderators, following the departure of a significant staff member.
Moderators are setting subreddits (bulletin boards based on specific topics) to private in response to Reddit's director of talent, Victoria Taylor, being dismissed from the company. The exact reasons for her departure are mysterious - neither Reddit nor Taylor are commenting on the matter - but moderators have taken down a number of subreddits including /r/Books, /r/Science, /r/Music and /r/Tech are currently blocked from access.
Taylor coordinated Reddit's popular AMAs (Ask Me Anything) where many celebrities and interesting figures - even Barack Obama - have hosted Q&A sessions.
A post on the Science subreddit reads "We have not gone private because our team has chosen to keep the subreddit open for our readers, but instead stating our disapproval of how events have been handled currently as well as the past."
A Reddit user broke the new of Taylor's departure in a post on the site, saying "We all had the rug ripped out from under us and feel betrayed."
Ask me anything - just not that
Reddit co-founder and executive chairman Alexis Ohanian told Reddit that he would be dealing with AMA requests for now, and that the AMA subreddit would continue to "thrive" after the departure of Taylor.
"We get that losing Victoria has a significant impact on the way you manage your community. I'd really like to understand how we can help solve these problems, because I know r/IAMA thrived before her and will thrive after.
"We're prepared to help coordinate and schedule AMAs. I've got the inbound coming through my inbox right now and many of the people who come on to do AMAs are excited to do them without assistance (most recently, the noteworthy Channing Tatum AMA)."
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