content: She became an easy scapegoat because of this fact. Plus: responsibility always flows upwards towards the CEO. Hate against a company is always aimed at the CEO. If reddit continues down their current path, the new CEO might face similar problems. Monetizing reddit to the extent of what the owners hope is a mistake.  I'm sure a lot of people on reddit knew Victora and cared and all that. Even the employee who got fired for having Leukemia, but not 200 000... Media and a lot of posts made it seem like these things were the main reason for getting her fired. I believe the real reason(at least for me) was that reddit was no longer free speech. Shadowbans, subredditbans etc. I'm no fan of subs like fatpeoplehate and so on. But I strongly support their right to opinion! Reddit was a haven for all sorts of opinions. Regardless of political correctness or bad taste. I subscribed and contributed to a couple of subs which may be considered insanely politically incorrect.  I'm getting sick and tired of everyone being offended by everything and unable to discuss something even slightly sensitive without looking at you like you like you're a freak. What has the world come to? The majority of people are all big sissies without their own opinions...