Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will invest in the platform

Re:Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will... by throwaway2048 on Saturday February 09, 2019 @12:03PM (#19123322)

Again, this is always possible, its possible on HN, its possible on gmail, its possible on every single site on the internet, that is how the technology works.

This isn't some kind of dark secret backdoor spez built into the reddit codebase. Immature and stupid action maybe, but some kind of scary sentinel of how admin power can be uniquely abused at reddit, it isn't.

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Re:Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will... by kps on Saturday February 09, 2019 @12:28PM (#19123469)

It's not always possible — secure audit trails can exist. The web cowboy world just doesn't care.

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Re:Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will... by throwaway2048 on Saturday February 09, 2019 @01:18PM (#19123719)

Its not possible to build a technical system that those building it can not themselves subvert if they so choose.

The argument here isn't if he should have did it, he obviously shouldn't have. The argument is about how incredibly overdone the outrage over the specific circumstances is.

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Re:Reddit's user uprising against China because Tencent will... by ddingus on Saturday February 09, 2019 @12:09PM (#19123368)

And again, being possible is not the issue.

Of course it is possible.

That it was done, and why is a big issue.

And it did not need to be done, nor that way.

A direct edit can make sense, and when it does, there is also every reason to communicate why.

The why of what spez did is a significant contributor to the controversy. Lack of a record and no communication, until forced is another significant contributor.

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