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

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668 points wildmusings | 1 comments | 24 Nov 16 00:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ww520 ◴[24 Nov 16 01:17 UTC] No.13027156[source]▶
This is pretty bad. That pretty much destroys the credibility of Reddit's commenting system in a single act. No one can look at the integrity of the comments written by others the same any more.
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eridius ◴[24 Nov 16 03:14 UTC] No.13027728[source]▶
Did anybody seriously think that reddit admins didn't have the power to do this all along? They can go edit the database directly if they want.
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1. rfrank ◴[24 Nov 16 03:25 UTC] No.13027773[source]▶
Potential vs. proof. That is a large distinction.