{"id":5377,"date":"2020-06-10T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/reddit-taps-y-combinators-michael-seibel-to-replace-alexis-ohanian\/"},"modified":"2020-06-10T19:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T16:15:00","slug":"reddit-taps-y-combinators-michael-seibel-to-replace-alexis-ohanian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/reddit-taps-y-combinators-michael-seibel-to-replace-alexis-ohanian\/","title":{"rendered":"#Reddit taps Y Combinator\u2019s Michael Seibel to replace Alexis Ohanian"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Reddit<\/a> taps Y Combinator\u2019s Michael Seibel to replace Alexis Ohanian<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 10, 2020 |<\/span> 12:15pm <\/p>\n

\n Reddit tapp<\/a>ed Y Combinator boss Michael Seibel to join the company\u2019s board Wednesday after co-founder Alexis Ohanian stepped down to make way for a black person.<\/p>\n

The shakeup comes amid a debate over Reddit\u2019s approach to hate speech in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd and the anti-racist protests that have followed.<\/p>\n

Seibel, who is black, is the CEO of Y Combinator\u2019s startup accelerator program, which helped Reddit launch in 2005. He also co-founded the video-sharing platforms Socialcam and Justin.tv, the latter of which became Amazon-owned streaming site Twitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver this period of time I\u2019ve watched Reddit become part of the core fabric of the internet and I\u2019m excited to help provide advice and guidance as Reddit continues to grow and tackle the challenges of bringing community and belonging to a broader audience,\u201d Seibel said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Ohanian announced his resignation from Reddit\u2019s board on Friday, calling on the company to choose a black successor and pledging proceeds from his Reddit stock to \u201ccurb racial hate\u201d following Floyd\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Seibel has spoken out against police brutality and racism on Twitter in recent weeks as massive protests roiled the country. He said he gave $1,000 each to more than 70 civil-rights and advocacy groups that Y Combinator\u2019s partners and staff are supporting.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day and night the police are beating the s\u2014 out of unarmed Americans peacefully protesting,\u201d Seibel said in a Friday tweet. \u201cIf this doesn\u2019t stop something very bad is going to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf policing in America doesn\u2019t change after this \u2013 I have no idea what will make it change,\u201d he added in another post.<\/p>\n

Ohanian left Reddit\u2019s board following a clash between the company\u2019s current and former CEOs over the site\u2019s efforts to address the hate speech and racism that flourishes in some of its forums.<\/p>\n

Current CEO Steve Huffman, who co-founded Reddit with Ohanian, published a letter last week saying the platform does not tolerate \u201chate, racism, and violence.\u201d But both Ohanian and Huffman have taken a fairly laissez-faire approach to hate speech, saying users should be allowed to air offensive views and have them corrected.<\/p>\n

Huffman\u2019s letter drew a pointed response from former chief Ellen K. Pao, who said Reddit \u201cnurtures and monetizes white supremacy and hate all day long.\u201d She cited the subreddit r\/The_Donald, which was \u201cquarantined\u201d last year because of threats that users posted against police and public figures.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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