Ellen Pao is CEO of Reddit and has said she does not believe in "free speech" (when referring to the site) and plans to clean it up, which basically means, removing everything that isn't politically correct. FPH is the poster child to try and justify the censorship but it goes far wider.
- Posts about Ellen Pao's legal problems and rulings are repeatedly deleted
- Subbreddits have been removed from showing up in /r/all so that popular posts (often critical of Pao) are not seen by the wider community
- Brigading and betting are going wild on the side of the "politically correct" factions such as SRS, while reddits that don't do it are demonized.
It's pretty much a civil war as much as a civil war can happen on a discussion forum.
- Posts about Ellen Pao's legal problems and rulings are repeatedly deleted
- Subbreddits have been removed from showing up in /r/all so that popular posts (often critical of Pao) are not seen by the wider community
- Brigading and betting are going wild on the side of the "politically correct" factions such as SRS, while reddits that don't do it are demonized.
It's pretty much a civil war as much as a civil war can happen on a discussion forum.