I don't agree. The complaints users have seem to be not what was changed while she was CEO but rather how it was done. Her failure wasn't making unpopular changes, it was failing to make unpopular changes palatable. The dismissal of chooter/Victoria is a great example. The IAMA moderators shut down the sub not because they were protesting but because they didn't understand how to proceed. That was a massive failure by the reddit employees. They should have been ready immediately after Victoria was dismissed with a message to the moderators Victoria directly worked with to help them understand the change and give them an open line of communication. The failures of reddit under Ellen Pao weren't unpopular changes, they were failed communication of unexpected but generally benign changes.I think Pao was a scapegoat