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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: 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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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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qwertyuiop924 ◴[24 Nov 16 01:32 UTC] No.13027257[source]▶
Yeah. That would be great. I'd go so far as to say that it would be a really Useful network. If you catch my drift.
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rjbwork ◴[24 Nov 16 01:36 UTC] No.13027287[source]▶
Please, tell me more about this wonderful futuristic technology.
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sonofgod ◴[24 Nov 16 03:38 UTC] No.13027827[source]▶
If you're wanting to explore the history of messaging, olduse.net has a 30-year delayed live newsfeed...

Mostly I learnt that just about nothing has changed...

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protomyth ◴[24 Nov 16 05:35 UTC] No.13028410[source]▶
As a nice supplement the Conference issue of Byte is on the Internet Archive. The issue has a painting of a ribbon cable on the cover.
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1. protomyth ◴[24 Nov 16 16:01 UTC] No.13030938[source]▶
Since I'm off the road here is the link https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1985-12

Byte Magazine Volume 10 Number 13 December 1985 Computer Conferencing

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2. qwertyuiop924 ◴[24 Nov 16 16:15 UTC] No.13031031[source]▶
Ah, Byte. There's nothing like it, and there probably never will be. Where else could you find circuit diagrams, assembly listings, and explorations of HLLs, next to all kinds other computer-related explorations?

It has a kind of magic to it, which I can't find in any other magazine to this day.

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3. ddingus ◴[24 Nov 16 22:13 UTC] No.13033098[source]▶
Seconded.