WASHINGTON — Reddit touts itself as the “front page of the Internet.” Over the past week, it’s been on the front pages of newspapers.

The site is where members, many of whom are young men, go to speak candidly — and anonymously — about all sorts of topics. You can gaze at cute cat photos, riff on daily news and get downright mean about folks you don’t like. In other words, it’s not like Facebook, where many users often go to present only the best aspects of their lives.

Interim CEO Ellen Pao wanted to clean up some of Reddit’s negativity, and that’s when a group of Reddit users called for her to be fired. Pao resigned Friday.

Now, a former Reddit CEO claims she was set up all along.

On Monday, USA TODAY Tech Columnist Jefferson Graham suggests Pao may have been doomed from the beginning.

Reddit “is an out of control site that probably can’t be tamed,” Graham said on WTOP Monday.

“It’s not pretty,” Graham says of Reddit’s content approach. “It’s an acquired taste. Teens love it.”

Listen to Graham’s full interview below.