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Re:Deleting the golang subreddit by ryanlol on Friday November 25, 2016 @11:17AM (#13037702)
>The CEO edited a comment and admitted he edited it, and it was stupid, and he shouldn't have done it.

Only incident we know of. It's overwhelmingly likely that they both had tools built for this and had used them before.

And admitted he edited them? Yeah, after he was called out in front of the entire world.

>The sensible amongst us should be above childish drama like this.

Not sure if trying to rationalise massive fuckups by C-level execs like this is "sensible", nor is ignoring the fact that reddit in all likelihood has ready tools (unless you're saying that it's more likely he had direct access to prod db) for stealthily editing user comments.

Re:Deleting the golang subreddit by philovivero on Friday November 25, 2016 @11:53AM (#13037983)
Who's down-voting this comment? What's controversial in here? If anything, this comment seems way more even-handed than it should be. Are we down-voting for showing self-restraint now?
Re:Deleting the golang subreddit by SomeStupidPoint on Friday November 25, 2016 @01:12PM (#13038691)
I try not to worry about HN downvotes on comments less than 12 hours old. (Or really downvotes in general.)

Lots of my comments go several points negative only to be dug back out hours later as the more sporadic, calmer crowd filters through and quietly votes.