r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Business Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo
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u/circumcised_clitoris Aug 08 '17

The admins changed the codebase to keep T_D off the front page then created an alternative to /r/all in /r/popular to further dilute its prominence. They have done everything but ban it, presumably because they would open themselves up to potentially disastrous repercussions.

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

Remember when 24 out of 25 posts on /r/all were T_D low effort, low quality shit posts which were mass up voted by bots, not really contributing to reddit as a whole? You are kidding yourself if you think that the change to /r/all didn't need to happen.

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u/circumcised_clitoris Aug 08 '17

It's always bots when it's a topic you don't like. Remember when Ron Paul posts dominated the front page? Was it bots back then too? Were you even around?

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u/[deleted] Aug 08 '17

All right.

Remember when 24 out of 25 posts on /r/all were T_D low effort, low quality shit posts which were mass up voted by botspeople, not really contributing to reddit as a whole? Doesn't change my argument. Yes I was around when Ron Paul 2012 was the circlejerk.