Alphonse fletcher jr: the man behind the Ellen pao curtin? http://www.vanityfair.com/style/scandal/2013/03/buddy-fletcher-ellen-pao https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Fletcher http://fortune.com/2012/10/25/ellen-pao-buddy-fletcher/ From the vanity fair article: Particularly gifted in math—he created his first computer program, which predicted the outcome of local dog races, when he was 11—Fletcher graduated from Waterford High School at the top of his class. He entered Harvard in 1983, where he majored in applied mathematics. Isn't it odd, that shortly after Ellen Pao becomes interim CEO of reddit, strange things happen? We attribute a lot of this stuff to Pao, but maybe we are blaming the wrong person.  Her husband, has a very strong programing background. He graduated Harvard, was able to walk into investment firms, with no connections, no experience, and get a job. He also was at bear sterns when it went under, his own firm lost a lot of money, and is currently under investigation.  And this  guy, has intimate access to reddit thanks to his wife. he is what is known as a RELATED PARTY  definition here http://www.accountingtools.com/dictionary-related-party Just some of the regulations here: http://www.aicpa.org/Research/Standards/AuditAttest/DownloadableDocuments/AU-00334.pdf excerpts from above source: Exchanging property for similar property in a nonmonetary transac- tion Significant litigation, especially litigation between stockholders and management Significant obsolescence dangers because the company is in a high- technology industry What this spells out, at the least, is Ellen Pao's husband makes it very hard for reddit to get new investors. Furthermore, there may not be the disclosures that are needed, because its very hard to determine if he has written any programs for reddit(this goes back to the exchanging property bullet) This guy has a very long, sordid past, and he was in the financial sector, in positions that deal with investment, so all information about him should not be removed from reddit. not only would he know this, but so would pao. Yet mentioning him and pao together is a great way to get your post deleted.  considering that reddit depends on money paid by its users, i would consider this to be a highly unethical activity, of such a caliber that both Pao and Fletcher should  have any licenses and certifications that they have be revoked.  Something that is hard to do with out evidence.  But, the good news, is that with all the articles floating about in the business sector on this, i am pretty sure other people have the same suspicions, and even though most of reddit may be ignorant of this, due to the censorship, i think this will probably come out in the open.  But it would be damn funny if KIA/voat/gamergate were able to find evidence that fletcher contributed to reddit, in any way.