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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: 0.002s | source
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JorgeGT ◴[24 Nov 16 01:04 UTC] No.13027099[source]▶
And without an "edited" mark, which means that any comment of any user can be covertly modified by an admin. Very concerning since Reddit comments have provoked even Congress hearings: http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/296680-house-pan...
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x0x0 ◴[24 Nov 16 01:14 UTC] No.13027136[source]▶
In which people discover admins can admin a database.

Also, ceo of reddit looks like a horrid job.

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mullen ◴[24 Nov 16 02:00 UTC] No.13027423[source]▶
> Also, ceo of reddit looks like a horrid job.

You could not pay me enough to be CEO of that cesspool. People take Reddit way too seriously.

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1. derrickdirge ◴[24 Nov 16 03:19 UTC] No.13027747[source]▶
Would you rather be spez or moot?
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2. mullen ◴[24 Nov 16 03:39 UTC] No.13027831[source]▶
Moot. You know he signed up for that and has continued to make 4chan what it is. Spez is trying to un-4chan reddit and catching a lot of flack for it.

I would rather be a person who voluntarily runs a cesspool than be a person forced to run one.

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3. uabstraction ◴[24 Nov 16 03:43 UTC] No.13027852[source]▶
This is like being asked if you want to be shot by a cannon, or 100 guns.
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4. taneq ◴[24 Nov 16 03:52 UTC] No.13027895[source]▶
In this context the correct analogy would be "one cannon-sized gun, or 100 gun-sized cannons."
5. derrickdirge ◴[24 Nov 16 05:23 UTC] No.13028360[source]▶
I mean, he's not /forced/. He was done with reddit.

But he just couldn't quit.