

People started calling Trinity out on social media and she blocked them. What she said could have been worded much better but was not transphobic," the account commented. The account also responded to allegations that Trinity the Tuck made transphobic comments, saying that Trinity the Tuck "was never transphobic". Let people support their favs without your unnecessary opinion." One comment read: "Monique didn't deserve to win. Needs a lot of work in stability and polish. Even running a large economy is harder, you can't just keep expanding factories and getting techs and watch green line go up. The account holder also claimed they were transgender, slammed Drag Race contestants including All Stars 4 winner Monét X Change and Monique Heart and waded in on race issues, leaving other Reddit users believing she was a Black trans woman. Overall it's more involving than V2 (except war, which is disappointing). The account, which has been deleted, had posted a number of comments in defence of Trinity and praising her. Reddit has to be asking itself if getting rid of Taylor even approaches being worth it.Drag Race's Trinity the Tuck accused of using secret Reddit account to insult other via Instagram, VH1 While not all subreddits are created equal, and not all losses will be felt as keenly, with 100s of subreddits now set to private (full list here), that’s one hell of a drop in pageviews. That list includes /r/music, /r/askreddit, /r/gaming, /r/todayilearned and /r/movies, each of which has several million followers. Regardless of reason, Reddit is sure to take a hit over the coming days, with numerous subreddits switching to private in solidarity with the /r/IAMA thread. In what Gawker refers to as ‘allegedly a now-deleted post’, Marc Bodnick, Reddit’s business and community leader, suggested on popular, community-run question and answer site Quora that Taylor’s dismissal may be related to her reluctance to commercialise AMA content.
#Victoria 3 subreddit update#
In a late night update from Gawker, a possible reason for the firing may have surfaced. Reddit has confirmed that Taylor has been dismissed, but no official statement has been released from the site, either. Taylor has not given an official statement on her firing, but, speaking in a Reddit thread about her departure, said she is “dazed”. This graphic greets anyone trying to access the /r/IAMA subreddit, among others Numerous moderators cite her as the reason for the global success of the AMAs, and question how Reddit plans to proceed without her strong guidance at the helm of the immensely popular subreddit. Taylor had a reputation for being one of the few administrators who listened to, supported and helped moderators, and for being tenacious in ensuring that those giving AMAs really were who they said they were. Taylor had amassed a loyal following among moderators, largely due to her accessibility. The most important thing Never release an unfixable game, and release more with DLC so it doesnt. 1836-1935 was one of the most exciting times in global history, and Paradox Interactive has learned more than ever from CK2 and EUIV.

Without her, we need to figure out a different way for it to work.” Victoria 3 will be the best game Paradox will have made thus far. Taylor’s departure, referred to as AMAgeddon on the site, has been felt keenly by Reddit’s moderators, predominantly volunteers, who view her firing as a kick in the face.Īccording to AMA moderator karmanaut, “for /r/IAMA to work the way it currently works, we need Victoria. The subreddit, which consists of people with varying degrees of celebrity answering questions submitted by redditors in real time, hosted one of the most popular posts of all time – the AMA with US President Barack Obama – and is perhaps the site’s greatest pull for non-users. r/IAMA, or Ask Me Anything, was the first to go, and its new settings will likely prove the most troubling for Reddit’s top brass. Reports of Taylor’s dismissal started surfacing late last night and news that major subreddits were switching to private – rendering them inaccessible to users – in protest swiftly followed. Popular subreddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) has been switched to private following the sudden, unexplained firing of Victoria Taylor, the site’s director of talent and key administrator.
