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

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668 points wildmusings | 5 comments | 24 Nov 16 00:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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philfrasty ◴[24 Nov 16 01:19 UTC] No.13027165[source]▶
„...getting called a pedophile constantly...“ Why?
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noir_lord ◴[24 Nov 16 01:33 UTC] No.13027260[source]▶
/r/the_Donald has this stupid conspiracy that a pizza parlour is a child sex ring and Clinton was involved, that became /r/pizzagate which the Admins tried to clean up because its retarded and was doxxing innocent people so they called the admins paedophiles.

I feel stupider just for having had to type that..what a world we've built.

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1. threeseed ◴[24 Nov 16 01:40 UTC] No.13027308[source]▶
It's more than just stupid too.

Innocent people have had death threats over seriously bizarre allegations. The FBI really should be involved and people charged.

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2. Gargoyle ◴[24 Nov 16 01:54 UTC] No.13027382[source]▶
Of course, now any FBI investigation would have to take into account that reddit employees are known to silently edit comments.
3. noir_lord ◴[24 Nov 16 01:54 UTC] No.13027385[source]▶
If spez was going to do anything in retaliation he should have just renamed /r/the_Donald to /r/poes_law.

That would have been elegant and not touched user history.

I honestly can't tell with that sub at all. Its fascinating to visit like the redpill used to be, some very strange people out there.

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4. threeseed ◴[24 Nov 16 01:59 UTC] No.13027417[source]▶
I'm not talking about spez.

I am talking about the fact that the pizzeria owner and his staff have had death threats against them from members of the Reddit /r/pizzagate sub. The FBI should be investigating this and charging people.

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5. marknutter ◴[24 Nov 16 14:34 UTC] No.13030483{3}[source]▶
Honestly, why do people get riled up about death threats on the internet? How many death threats have resulted in actual deaths? I'd put the number at around zero.