Re:Deleting the golang subreddit
by siidooloo on Friday November 25, 2016 @11:21AM
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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.
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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
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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
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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