NEW YORK – Reddit says interim CEO Ellen Pao resigned from the company, and co-founder Steve Huffman is back as its CEO.
The social networking and news site has been rocked by unrest recently.
This month Reddit fired a staffer who was popular with the volunteers that help run the site. Some volunteer moderators protested by shutting down sections of the site.
Reddit also announced anti-harassment guidelines this year and in June it banned a few groups for violating those rules.
A statement posted on Reddit by Reddit board member Sam Altman says Pao, who became interim CEO in November, resigned from Reddit by mutual agreement and will continue to advise the board for the rest of 2015.
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Altman also says Reddit moderators should have better tools and communication from the company.
On Sunday, Huffman held an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) session on the social networking platform to answer user’s questions about the changes.
“I know we have a lot of work to do. One of my first priorities is to re-establish a relationship with the community,” he said.
He also noted that he would not be reversing Pao’s controversial decision to ban controversial groups like /r/fatpeoplehate – which ridiculed overweight people.
“Creating a clear content policy is another of my immediate priorities. We will make it very clear what is and is not acceptable behaviour on Reddit,” Huffman wrote.
– With files from Global News
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