And the possibility of other comments being edited, and him not admitting to those being edited (which I assume is what the golang admin is worried about).
This is where I'd insert a certain GWBj quote about being fooled again...if I was on /.
And what were the changes like? Curious.
People were accusing him of being a pedophile because redit removed a subreddit that was involved in a conspiracy falsley accusing other people of being pedophiles. He changed the attribution of the accusation to be against the people doing the brigading.
Funny. They site says that they don't do that.
Quoting from Reddit Help: Will you remove something defamatory about me or my friend? [0]:
The best way to deal with incorrect information on the Internet is to post
the correct information next to it. The reddit community is usually very
supportive of such a response, and will likely vote to give the correction
greater prominence than the original post. Redditors love a good
counterpoint.
Re:Deleting the golang subreddit
by oneeyedpigeon on Friday November 25, 2016 @12:29PM
(#13038302)
That quote heavily suggests that it's talking about a one-off post rather than a foaming-at-the-mouth mob spamming libellous abuse.
In that event, wouldn't it better to pull down the post? Better than edits, no?
Re:Deleting the golang subreddit
by oneeyedpigeon on Friday November 25, 2016 @12:51PM
(#13038498)
Of course, but like I said in another post, human beings are not 100% rational 100% of the time, particularly when suffering from a barrage of abuse.
Sure, but he should resign. Pizzagate is ridiculous, "spez is a pedo accusations" are ridiculous, but a CEO of a massive (user-wise) company silently and childishly editing their comments in a confusing way is also ridiculous.
Witch hunts and brigading are also against their rules.
Re:Deleting the golang subreddit
by user5994461 on Sunday November 27, 2016 @09:59AM
(#13049448)
The reddit community is usually very
supportive of such a response
From what I understand people on The_Donald subreddit were accusing him of being a shill, so he edited his name in those posts to be The_Donald's moderators instead.
If you had guessed stupid political garbage mixed with internet trolling, congratulations you get a cookie.
Actually the people on /r/The_Donald branched off and opened another discussion that led to the Pizzagate (accusing a restraunt owner, Hillary Clinton and others of being pedophiles). And when /u/spez deleted the Pizzagate stuff (people were actually harassing the restruant owner), the mods started abusing and accusing /u/spez of being a pedophile.
And also take note that witch-hunting is prohibited on reddit and can warrant legal action.
Article about the incident including the original comment in which u/spez admitted to what he had done:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ceo-reddit-confessed-modifying-po...
Many comments.