Is this the end of Reddit? Multiple subreddits go private after alleged firing of AMA coordinator

Reddit's Director of Communications, Victoria Taylor (/u/chooter), was allegedly dismissed today. In response, multiple subreddits, including /r/IAmA, /r/Askreddit, /r/movies, /r/gaming, /r/history, /r/science, /r/art, /r/law, and /r/spain have gone private in protest. Victoria is most known for coordinating Reddit's AMAs (Ask Me Anything), including the one with Obama and the one with the guy that has two dicks.

Reddit's popular 'ask me anything' feature is down after a key employee is gone http://t.co/CjG0apuZSi

— Business Insider (@businessinsider) July 2, 2015

TL;DR explanation of why this is happening:


More info here: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/3bxduw/why_was_riama_along_with_a_number_of_other_large/

r/Law has just gone private in protest of Reddit Admin Victoria (u/chooter)'s firing pic.twitter.com/UKzlsPCer1

— (´・ω・｀) (@_icze4r) July 3, 2015

Subreddits r/science, r/movies, r/history, r/art, r/gaming & r/AskReddit have gone dark to protest Reddit's lack of admin-user communication

— (´・ω・｀) (@_icze4r) July 2, 2015

Sources:
https://twitter.com/businessinsider/status/616730113821044736
https://twitter.com/_icze4r/status/616758494968938496
https://twitter.com/_icze4r/status/616756585352658944
https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/3bxduw/why_was_riama_along_with_a_number_of_other_large/