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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: 0.716s | source
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kennysmoothx ◴[24 Nov 16 01:23 UTC] No.13027200[source]▶
Politics and the ethics of what spez did aside, /r/The_Donald seems to be one the most nightmarish communities one can think of, and it's a huge.

Very toxic.

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qwertyuiop924 ◴[24 Nov 16 01:28 UTC] No.13027233[source]▶
I can put the politics aside. But the ethics? No. The_Donald might be awful, in your opinion. But what spez did isn't just awful. It's the canonical example of bad behavior on the internet from a mod.
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1. smrtinsert ◴[24 Nov 16 02:15 UTC] No.13027483[source]▶
thankfully its a free market. those angry at spez can tske their business elsewhere.
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2. daodedickinson ◴[24 Nov 16 03:57 UTC] No.13027923[source]▶
To voat? Which is even worse and can't handle at all the massive traffic boost that the past two days have given it?
3. ohashi ◴[24 Nov 16 05:07 UTC] No.13028277[source]▶
Would be nice if they all moved over there
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4. mememachine ◴[24 Nov 16 12:52 UTC] No.13030052[source]▶
yes, just like we can all simply move off twitter, or facebook, or linkedin?
5. qwertyuiop924 ◴[24 Nov 16 16:17 UTC] No.13031051[source]▶
Just because we think what spez did is disgraceful doesn't mean we're a bunch of alt-right Donald-worshipers. I'm not a fan of either, I just think editing message text like this is disgusting.