I keep hearing people propose this idea, that Pao was installed as a scapegoat for a series of unpopular changes to the site, but what unpopular changes actually occurred? Sure /r/fatpeoplehate and related subreddits were banned (and completely innocent /r/neofag, /r/neogafinaction), but reddit already had a history of arbitrarily banning subreddits that toed the line of their rules (/r/jailbait). Shadowbanning and soulbanning (subreddit specific shadowbanning by way of automod) was a thing before Pao became CEO. The admins already barely communicated with the mod and user community before Pao became CEO. Moderator tools were already completely neglected before Pao became CEO. This list could go on for awhile. I just don't see what really changed about the site while she was there. She just continued bad trends.