The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Really want to latch onto some poon hooty tonight.

Need some of that fat poon booty.

That's what I need.

That's what I need too.
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

bhamv3 said:
Victoria, a Reddit employee, was let go with little to no warning. Victoria was essential, absolutely essential, for the smooth running of Reddit's very popular "ask me anything" site feature. Not only did she help out on /r/iama, where most celebrity AMAs took place, she also served the same role when AMAs took place on, say, /r/books by authors, /r/music by musicians, etc.

Her importance to the AMA system cannot be overstated. She was the one who served as the contact liaison with the people who would be answering questions. Oftentimes the celebs couldn't type as fast, or weren't familiar with the Reddit interface, in which case she would sit with them or talk to them over the phone, and read out the questions, and type their answers in. She has a crazy fast typing speed, like 200+ WPM. She was also very good at adding the answerer's speech quirks and inflections into the answers she typed.

Additionally, Victoria was a stickler for the integrity of celebrity AMAs. Sometimes PR firms or agents would try to pretend to be the celebrity, and answer AMAs on their behalf, but Victoria would not allow it. If she said she's sitting there with the celeb, or talking to them on the phone, you'd know it's a legitimate AMA. Also, she wouldn't dodge hard questions. She would faithfully ask the celebrity the hard questions, even if they wouldn't want to answer.

Victoria also had a reputation for being one of the most helpful members of the Reddit admins. She would answer questions from subreddit mods, and work with them to address problems. This is in stark contrast to the stonewalling most Reddit admins prefer, when dealing with their volunteer mods.

So far, no reason for the firing has been announced. There's lots of speculation, but nothing confirmed.

By firing Victoria, all AMAs on Reddit have been derailed. The volunteer mods of the various subreddits now literally cannot contact the people who are supposed to be answering questions, because Victoria handled all that. And the people who were meant to be answering AMAs are out of luck too. Victoria was based in New York, and that's where a lot of answerers would physically fly to, to attend their AMAs. There's an agent on Reddit complaining that his client's flown to New York already, only to find out upon landing that there's no longer an AMA to do.

Now, as a result of Victoria's firing, the mods for a bunch of subreddits have set their subs to "gone private", or basically shut down temporarily. This includes /r/iama, naturally, as well as a few others that did AMAs. Other large subreddits, though, like /r/todayilearned, /r/gaming, /r/history etc have also gone private in solidarity. The mods are doing this because they see this as the final straw, yet another symptom of the lack of transparency, communication, and consistency among the Reddit admin team. The mods feel their jobs have been made harder by the obtuseness of the Reddit admins, and firing a person that made their roles as moderators manageable was yet another sign of the admins' lack of support.

So, yeah, half of Reddit is basically inaccessible right now.

EDIT: Goddamit, /r/Fallout has gone down now too. Where am I gonna get my Fallout hype now?

EDIT2: I just realized I didn't specify why the loss of AMAs is a big deal. AMAs are a big deal because they're immensely popular, both among the Reddit regulars and among casual users. A celebrity answering questions can bring tens of thousands of posts to the thread, with the corresponding number of pageviews. This increases ad revenue and visibility for Reddit. Some people have gone so far as to say AMAs are Reddit's primary money-maker. They're so important to Reddit, the site made an AMA app for mobile devices before they made a mobile app for Reddit itself. So, basically, by firing Victoria, they're neutering one of their biggest sources of revenue.

EDIT3: This guy explains better than I can. https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLo...was_riama_along_with_a_number_of_other_large/
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Also, the guy who's been basically running the reddit Secret Santa for the last 6 years was fired. Again, nobody really knows why, but he was.
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit

Apparently the new corporate overlords at Reddit have ordered everyone to relocate to San Francisco. Those who resist are shown the door.
 
drifter

drifter

If it were because of that, it wouldn't make sense that it would be such a gigantic clusterfuck. I saw this, which at least sounds reasonable. Answer has since been deleted, so who knows.

 
PatrThom

PatrThom

I would like to say that I'm also getting tired of people who don't want to write articles and would rather do everything as a video.
"In today's video we will talk about 4 things but we're not going to give you an easy way to just jump to listen to the one you actually care about."

--Patrick
 
WasabiPoptart

WasabiPoptart

One of our local news stations always puts slideshows on their webpage. I think the person who makes them gets paid by the number of slides because the amount of filler is astronomical. The "Top 5 Brands of Sunscreen" ends up being 20+ slides long.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

Staff member
I was trying to type the word "molestation" but my right hand had accidentally shifted one letter to the left of home position, and when I looked back, I had typed nikestation and it really made me stop and think.
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

I think I made a terrible mistake. I ate a breakfast buffet at 9:45 when it closes down at 10:00. MMMMMmmmm stale, hour old, steam table flapjacks anyone?
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

Staff member
David said:
This thing is the most comfortable mouse pad / wrist rest that I've ever owned. It's also rather NSFW.


The "butt shape" gives room for my wrist to sink between the padding and has worked far better for me than any flat cushion I've ever used. I got it as a secret santa gift a year and a half ago and after nearly dayly use the cover is starting to fall off and the silicon gunk is tearing off in little bits and getting everywhere. I already ordered the replacement, but does anybody know of a pad with a similar shape that has just a solid color cover? It would be nice to get one that works just as well without looking like it was made exclusively for weeaboos. (And that design linked is among the LEAST bad that I could find.)
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Bubble181

Bubble181

CynicismKills said:
Yeah, fuck him for taking any time off at all due to an injury, eh?
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You misunderstand me; I'm just sad he cancelled his whole tour, including the concert here next door, then came back after that date has passed. I don't think he's wrong to take time off for a broken leg, I'm just sad he didn't come back soon enough to do it here too :p

Also, Jesus, I said "pfeh", I didn't say "fuck him, that asshole". No need to be so aggressive.

Celt Z said:
Would you want to try to get that chair through Customs?
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He did, he's continuing a large part of his international tour :p
 
jwhouk

jwhouk

See, when a team in the US loses, they just burn cars and loot stores.

In Canada, when their national team loses, they burn down entire forests.

Hard core, Canada. Hard core.
 
Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

PatrThom said:
...or you could just shave a track where the seal goes and keep the rest.
You could be famous.

--Patrick
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That's basically just no moustache, a look reserved for the Amish. Or the creepy. You can apply vaseline, which works for many people, but my moustache is just too thick: it's better but my mask still leaks.

GasBandit said:
HAH, for a second I thought you said DRIVING certification... and I was like.. mask? seal? Gas mask? WHERE THE HELL WILL YOU BE DRIVING?
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I got things needs doin'.
 
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