The extent of Reddit's AMAgeddon crisis, in one chart

Reddit is in full-blown crisis mode after moderators reacted to the apparent firing of an employee by effectively shutting down some of the sites most popular pages.

The sudden dismissal of Victoria Taylor, a behind-the-scenes employee who principally facilitated the site's AMAs (ask me anything) has seen unpaid volunteers change the subreddits they moderate to private.

AMAs are arguably Reddit's most popular and well-known feature, with Barack Obama, Bill Gates and the man with two penises all being featured.

This chart shows just how much of a serious issue the moderator rebellion for Reddit is.

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