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

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668 points wildmusings | 2 comments | 24 Nov 16 00:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Mao_Zedang ◴[24 Nov 16 01:54 UTC] No.13027386[source]▶
Reddit has been on the road to becoming digg for some time now, the only thing propping them up is the lack of a decent alternative.
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1. raldi ◴[24 Nov 16 05:22 UTC] No.13028353[source]▶
People have been saying reddit is turning into Digg since the very first comment thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/17913/reddit_no...
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2. Mao_Zedang ◴[24 Nov 16 05:58 UTC] No.13028505[source]▶
I think when people say "digg" they mean failure not actually the website digg. And alienating your user base because of your feelings is definitely down the path to failure it definable doesn't endear success.