Reddit CEO secretly edited Trump supports' posts

[Yynxs]

Lord above, he just pranked them, and they deserved it. Justice would equate to law suits. Don't worry dude. Your precious freedom is still safe.

Omg, you're so edgy. Can't believe how lame I am for caring about my freedoms.

They're not "your" freedoms. They're "our" freedoms. And those of us with the military time and real time understand what that means. Snots that abuse their 'freedom' because it's amusing to them should get a societal heave ho and let them exercise 'their' freedom of speech away from adults.

How much of that 'freedom' would you fappin if you were using your real name? Don't talk about what you don't understand.

 

[wiyosaya]

I actually think shutting down accounts is more akin to censorship than simply flipping a username so the users sending him hate mail got a little bit of their own back. Sure, it's a bit immature, but it really has nothing to do with free speech.

As I see it, what this guy did was completely wrong and an egregious abuse of his power, just as wrong as the other side promulgating a fake story about Hillary Clinton. Neither side has any honor in my eyes. Instead of editing the posts, this guy should have found a way to shut down the accounts associated with the fake stories, or change the terms of service so that accounts responsible for such fake posts could be shut down. Anything else is vigilante justice, and that is not what the US is founded on.

Also, at least he did it himself and didn't get an underling to take the fall. If he really wanted to abuse his power, I'm sure he could have come up with something far more sinister.

Good luck with that attitude!

 

[wiyosaya]

Lord above, he just pranked them, and they deserved it. Justice would equate to law suits. Don't worry dude. Your precious freedom is still safe.

Omg, you're so edgy. Can't believe how lame I am for caring about my freedoms.

They're not "your" freedoms. They're "our" freedoms. And those of us with the military time and real time understand what that means. Snots that abuse their 'freedom' because it's amusing to them should get a societal heave ho and let them exercise 'their' freedom of speech away from adults.

How much of that 'freedom' would you fappin if you were using your real name? Don't talk about what you don't understand.

Thumbs up for you!

Personally, I have not fought in the military, but from the comments here, it seems many have no clue what honor and our freedoms are all about. IMO, shutting down the account because it promulgated fake news IS something that is will within honorable practices rather than some adolescent brat that makes a lot of money and thinks that that money is power acting without honor by covertly flipping some bits because he thinks he can get away with anything.

Flipping those bits was the very definition of FRAUD! The Reddit board of directors would be well within their rights to dismiss him for this.

 

[treetops]

I wonder how many of the commentators here actually read the full article above...