But if you’ve never been downvoted to hell and have no feelings on duck-size horses, fear not: Here’s a guide to the various theories on what went wrong at Reddit and who’s to blame.Īllow us to explain like you’re 5: Reddit is a site founded in 2005 that bills itself as the “front page of the internet.” It’s the tenth most popular site in the U.S. With thousands of subreddits and its own shorthand, Reddit can be a confusing place even without the addition of tangentially related internet disputes. Over the past few days the major players have exposed, often on Reddit itself, the long-simmering issues that culminated in a revolt by Reddit’s top users. Pao initially offered an apology on behalf of Reddit’s administrators, but on July 10 she resigned and was replaced by Steve Huffman, Reddit’s co-founder and original CEO.īut the story didn’t end there. Many directed their anger at interim CEO Ellen Pao, who was already a controversial figure in Silicon Valley, with more than 213,000 people signing a petition calling for her to step down. Over Fourth of July weekend, users learned that Victoria Taylor, Reddit’s beloved director of talent, had been dismissed, prompting hundreds of Reddit forums (known as subreddits) to temporarily shut down in protest. I have yet to google what that is.A Reddit mascot is shown at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco, California on April 15, 2014.Ĭontroversy has long been a regular feature of Reddit, from users’ Boston bombing vigilantism to last year’s trove of nude celebrity photos, but this month the site has exploded like never before. Between ours and the community's policing, I'm confident that the authors will have control over their creations, not someone trying to rip them off."Īs he wrote his replies in a coffee shop yesterday, Gabe Newell was drinking a "vanilla steamer". On stolen/plagiarised content appearing in the Workshop: "The option of MOD developers getting paid seemed like a good extension of that." "With the Steam workshop, we've already reached the point where the community is paying their favorite contributors more than they would make if they worked at a traditional game developer. "Our view of Steam is that it's a collection of useful tools for customers and content developers. Newell explaining the reasoning behind the initiative: It's basically a financial leveraging strategy that creates short term market distortion and long term crying."
In reply to concerns that Valve might require exclusivity for mods:
"We are adding a pay what you want button where the mod author can set the starting amount wherever they want."
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