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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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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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dhruval ◴[24 Nov 16 01:29 UTC] No.13027240[source]▶
He changed a 'F U CEO' (upvoted by 1.6k users) comment to 'F U unpaid reddit moderator', without any indication that the comment was edited.

Very juvenile and unprofessional way of dealing with the situation, really erodes trust in the platform (simply deleting the comment would have been a better response).

Would maybe expect this from the founder of a young fledgling startup, but the 33 year old CEO of a company like Reddit ought to know better.

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yuhong ◴[24 Nov 16 01:48 UTC] No.13027345[source]▶
To he honest, he was one of the founders of Reddit.
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harryf ◴[24 Nov 16 02:19 UTC] No.13027499[source]▶
And here he is boasting about knowing "all your dark secrets" at TNW - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lALKRayDLuk - meant in jest but shows incredibly poor judgement as a CEO
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alexc05 ◴[24 Nov 16 02:35 UTC] No.13027567{3}[source]▶
Mark Zuckerberg had a similar indiscretion as a young man.
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Domenic_S ◴[24 Nov 16 02:43 UTC] No.13027600{4}[source]▶
Sure, but Zuck was what, 18? Spez could conceivably have a 18-year-old kid at his age.
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1. Melk ◴[24 Nov 16 04:04 UTC] No.13027964{5}[source]▶
Spez isn't emotionally adept to handle the abuse you get as a reddit CEO. Yishan wrote before that he was good at the technical side of the job but he's neither a strong businessman nor a community leader.