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

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668 points wildmusings | 3 comments | 24 Nov 16 00:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.606s | 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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wvenable ◴[24 Nov 16 01:10 UTC] No.13027119[source]▶
The fact is anything digital can be modified this way; it's probably good that it happens and there are public examples so people learn not to trust it.
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ErikAugust ◴[24 Nov 16 01:23 UTC] No.13027197[source]▶
Would be good to have some distributed model (like Bitcoin, etc.) for message platforms like Reddit?
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RubyPinch ◴[24 Nov 16 03:58 UTC] No.13027930[source]▶
there is already a system in place to have verified comments

OpenPGP works for near anything

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Nadya ◴[24 Nov 16 07:59 UTC] No.13028945[source]▶

    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
    Hash: SHA256
    
    But it does get annoying to sign every comment.
    -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
    
    wsBcBAEBCAAQBQJYNp4wCRCuaVAPm2QoyQAAr8sIAHQaE5B+HYdCz6XBrysdHzr4
    ykR81zq5TXoMR+/f9UwuSi2I4881H4pEWsN9Fa0/qnpK/asNk+grEaMtB74DOg3p
    8Uy3lUvlVglj9QTPZ9Hf90e3HHLOW2OonXitYaf1xPoczIO8NgwwebDDZIVohU4u
    4EySOfgbP+VjwGbmtUJFeh0BifGN6b3DtKQrgVziWyumyK3WL9oz1kDAr4s24mCr
    227ty9d+7kwtYhaszkM8HwGnstZaNSan1jpVkmsLRMSr4JqNFyNWalN5LU85w2WV
    zwY0n8mA7tHnrCd+mWcjp845I8gGn7NoFPHXhG2m+yU/f1LDsyXUib5hut+iduQ=
    =jcN5
    -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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1. RubyPinch ◴[24 Nov 16 12:57 UTC] No.13030072[source]▶
I do think relegating it to

    ${message}
    
        ${message sig metadata}
        ${message sig}
could be done easily enough, and would look okay too. and then allow people to install an extension to verify automatically or the such
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2. Nadya ◴[25 Nov 16 03:13 UTC] No.13034189[source]▶
Could you post an actual example? I'm having problems deciphering what that would end up looking like.
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3. RubyPinch ◴[26 Nov 16 05:44 UTC] No.13041922[source]▶
https://i.imgur.com/60ya7x8.png

I know its considered wrong to mess around with the structure, but this is reversible, looks neater, n' can be hidden (after verification) by third party tools with a simple "is this PGP-like, if yes, delete element" instead of mucking around, splitting arbitrary html