Reddit chief Ellen Pao resigns after receiving 'sickening' abuse from users

'I'm just another human,' says outgoing boss, who was forced to quit by users angry about alleged attempts to curb the site's 'anything goes' tone

Ellen Pao, the interim chief executive of Reddit, has resigned following a user backlash against the sacking of one of the company's employees.

Pao, who became an international symbol for gender imbalance in Silicon Valley when she lost a landmark discrimination lawsuit, leaves after around eight months in the job and will be replaced by the site's co-founder Steve Huffman.