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Pretty dumb move, he may end up resigning over this. Also there's no reason a CEO should have this level of access.

by naner 10y ago

edblarney 10y ago
It's odd because Reddit is basically about 'voices' so this is in a way a 'core issue'. That said - it's 'by young people for young people' - and the CEO is pretty young it seems. If I were the board - I'd cut the kid some slack, make him apologize, put some process/measures in place, 'be better' and move on. My hunch is the guy was just emotional about it, and had a lapse of judgement. People make mistakes. If this were a bank, or a 'real' news site, or if the guy had serious issues with reality, I'd sack him, but for this ... no. Learning lesson. Oddly - if it were their last CEO - that ex-VC ... I'd probably sack her, she should have known better ... she's super educated, been on a lot of boards, a lot of exposure to companies, CEO's, a lot more experience/maturity, I'd kind of expect a much higher standard. Then again, I'm being totally speculative about all of this.
- sooheon 10y ago
  He's in his 30s, it's a bit disingenuous to call him 'kid'. Being young has nothing to do with this lapse of judgement.
  - edblarney 10y ago
    I only saw a photo of him, I assumed he was young, I guessed wrong. That said - I think youth and experience has everything to do with errors in judgement. It's why most CEO's are a lot older than the interns :) I can see myself making that mistake at 24. Easily. And any one of my younger staff doing the same thing.
    - sooheon 10y ago
      Ah yeah of course I agree with you that inexperience and mistakes are correlated, I was just saying in this case, youth is not an excuse.
      - edblarney 10y ago
        It's my bad, your inference is correct, I misread :)
raverbashing 10y ago
He's the admin, if someone should have the right to edit comments it's him. Because the buck stops with someone and there are several reasons (security vulnerabilities, legal, copyright) to have text removed
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- edblarney 10y ago
  'securities, vulnerabilities, copyright' - yes, he can remove comments, or edit them, so long as he is indicating he is editing them. But editing them without notice, putting words in other people's mouths is a serious breach.
  - raverbashing 10y ago
    Yes, I believe that at least the edit mark should be set
  - jrnichols 10y ago
    some of the arguments i've seen about it make sense - how do users know that this hasn't happened before? reddit comments have made it into court apparently, and now that it's public knowledge that reddit's higher ups can silently edit comments, that's a huge deal. in my opinion, it's made me lose a lot of trust (not that I had a ton anyway) for the entire site.
- prawn 10y ago
  Not just an admin, but a founder of the site. I can fully understand his being driven to drastic measures, watching a site he'd built being used against him. General criticism is one thing, but accusations of paedophilia are horrific.

Pretty dumb move, he may end up resigning over this. Also there's no reason a CEO should have this level of access.

by naner 10y ago

Pretty dumb move, he may end up resigning over this. Also there's no reason a CEO should have this level of access.

It's odd because Reddit is basically about 'voices' so this is in a way a 'core issue'. That said - it's 'by young people for young people' - and the CEO is pretty young it seems. If I were the board - I'd cut the kid some slack, make him apologize, put some process/measures in place, 'be better' and move on. My hunch is the guy was just emotional about it, and had a lapse of judgement. People make mistakes. If this were a bank, or a 'real' news site, or if the guy had serious issues with reality, I'd sack him, but for this ... no. Learning lesson. Oddly - if it were their last CEO - that ex-VC ... I'd probably sack her, she should have known better ... she's super educated, been on a lot of boards, a lot of exposure to companies, CEO's, a lot more experience/maturity, I'd kind of expect a much higher standard. Then again, I'm being totally speculative about all of this.

sooheon 10y ago
He's in his 30s, it's a bit disingenuous to call him 'kid'. Being young has nothing to do with this lapse of judgement.
- edblarney 10y ago
  I only saw a photo of him, I assumed he was young, I guessed wrong. That said - I think youth and experience has everything to do with errors in judgement. It's why most CEO's are a lot older than the interns :) I can see myself making that mistake at 24. Easily. And any one of my younger staff doing the same thing.
  - sooheon 10y ago
    Ah yeah of course I agree with you that inexperience and mistakes are correlated, I was just saying in this case, youth is not an excuse.
    - edblarney 10y ago
      It's my bad, your inference is correct, I misread :)

raverbashing 10y ago

He's the admin, if someone should have the right to edit comments it's him. Because the buck stops with someone and there are several reasons (security vulnerabilities, legal, copyright) to have text removed

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edblarney 10y ago
'securities, vulnerabilities, copyright' - yes, he can remove comments, or edit them, so long as he is indicating he is editing them. But editing them without notice, putting words in other people's mouths is a serious breach.
- raverbashing 10y ago
  Yes, I believe that at least the edit mark should be set
- jrnichols 10y ago
  some of the arguments i've seen about it make sense - how do users know that this hasn't happened before? reddit comments have made it into court apparently, and now that it's public knowledge that reddit's higher ups can silently edit comments, that's a huge deal. in my opinion, it's made me lose a lot of trust (not that I had a ton anyway) for the entire site.
prawn 10y ago
Not just an admin, but a founder of the site. I can fully understand his being driven to drastic measures, watching a site he'd built being used against him. General criticism is one thing, but accusations of paedophilia are horrific.