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Reddit CEO admits to altering user comments that were critical of him

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668 points wildmusings | 2 comments | 24 Nov 16 00:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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intopieces ◴[24 Nov 16 01:18 UTC] No.13027159[source]▶
Usernames on Reddit do not require even an email address. For that reason, I find it hard to muster up even a modicum of concern for the sanctity of 'authorship' and 'attribution' for individual users. For all I know, every comment on Reddit but my own are generated by a very clever computer.

That congress sees fit to investigate Reddit comments and news websites find credibility in re-posting them are separate issues that absolutely deserve discussion. But the editing of "Fuck [username]" posts...

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wildmusings ◴[24 Nov 16 01:20 UTC] No.13027173[source]▶
Many people post on Reddit under their real identity. Now it is madness to do so, as a malicious Reddit employee can frame you as having said anything.
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1. intopieces ◴[24 Nov 16 01:30 UTC] No.13027243[source]▶
This has always been the case. It has always been madness to post on user forums under your real identity. In the 'viral era' -- the age of mobile broadband, the age where any post you make or photo you send can get the attention of millions and ruin your career before your plane lands [0] -- it's pure madness to expose yourself like this.

[0]http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tw...

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2. sundvor ◴[24 Nov 16 01:46 UTC] No.13027336[source]▶
Reading that is both sad and scary at the same time. White Christmas (of Black Mirror) certainly doesn't look so science fiction anymore.