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There's no forum where the people running it don't have trivially easy access to do what he did. The point is that he has clearly shown what kind of thing it ta

There's no forum where the people running it don't have trivially easy access to do what he did. The point is that he has clearly shown what kind of thing it takes to push him that far, and it's clearly not done trivially. E: I'm trying to say, your perspective is off. Reddit is an internet humor place. Just because it's big enough to have a CEO doesn't mean it's suddenly run with all the seriousness and as tight as a bank.

samstave 10y ago
Thats a fair comment, but my point about calling this a prank being absolute BS still stands...
- Mithaldu 10y ago
  I hope you don't mind i reply to your 3 comments in one: You're overreacting. Your concern about having done reddit a blow is exaggerated and in a few weeks maybe a handful of people at best will care, because most people understand the circumstances in which it happened, how a forum works, and how it's unlikely for something like this to happen again. As for the prank thing. Your comparisons are ridiculous and not remotely similar. You're highly agitated and not thinking clearly it seems. Try and do whatever helps you calm down normally.
  - samstave 10y ago
    I dont mind that you reply to multi-with-one.... Sure, I am agitated - but given that if anyone who has ever worked for me on any system who had root access to a publicly used (by many millions of people) changed content from the ACTUAL USERBASE based on their ego being hurt, they would be fired on the spot. A statement would be made saying that we are assessing our data-access policies and auditing who has access to what. You state I am "over reacting" but are you not aware that the entire premise of credibility in data driven companies is based on access to data? Have you ever been through ANY audits ever? I am going to make a simple foundational audit question to you: "Who has access to the financial information of the company" "Well, our VP of IT, the CFO, the CEO are the only three" So... this CEO of reddit has been known to abuse his power in his own companies product to edit the contents of that product (userbase comments with interests in various topics which is a sellable marketing package).... So... whos to say if he reacts like this that he wont edit the financials/user-base counts/whatever he has access to if he isnt happy with the data????? THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL trust issue with him... to blow it off as a prank is abhorrent. Does this not make sense?
    - Mithaldu 10y ago
      reddit is not a bank, it is an internet humor forum where sometimes people also talk about the real world he edited posts that said "fuck you" to him you're overreacting you can take this if you like, or disagree, i don't care to discuss it further this is one of the least significant possible hills to make a stand and die on :v
    - dgreensp 10y ago
      While I expect this issue to blow over, you are right that defending the CEO's actions by saying he was "frustrated" or it was a prank or whatever else is ridiculous. Imagine the CEO of Google editing YouTube comments. I don't know if these analogies are totally apt or not, though; it sounds like the CEO here is also a moderator of a forum and may have edit privileges by virtue of that; it's not like he's executing SQL queries to rewrite the comments in place, I assume, he's just abusing "editorial" powers in pretty much the worst way possible (quietly changing content to say the opposite).
      - admax88q 10y ago
        > I assume, he's just abusing "editorial" powers in pretty much the worst way possible The platform shouldn't provide editorial powers that allow you to edit others comments. Removal of comments and banning of users is sufficient. There's no legitimate need to have that functionality built it.
  - philh 10y ago
    > You're highly agitated and not thinking clearly it seems. Try and do whatever helps you calm down normally. This was unnecessary and condescending, and there's no call for it.
    - Mithaldu 10y ago
      It was a simple fact and he admitted himself it was. Though, if you know of a more graceful way to communicate this, please let me know.

samstave 10y ago

Thats a fair comment, but my point about calling this a prank being absolute BS still stands...

Mithaldu 10y ago
I hope you don't mind i reply to your 3 comments in one: You're overreacting. Your concern about having done reddit a blow is exaggerated and in a few weeks maybe a handful of people at best will care, because most people understand the circumstances in which it happened, how a forum works, and how it's unlikely for something like this to happen again. As for the prank thing. Your comparisons are ridiculous and not remotely similar. You're highly agitated and not thinking clearly it seems. Try and do whatever helps you calm down normally.
- samstave 10y ago
  I dont mind that you reply to multi-with-one.... Sure, I am agitated - but given that if anyone who has ever worked for me on any system who had root access to a publicly used (by many millions of people) changed content from the ACTUAL USERBASE based on their ego being hurt, they would be fired on the spot. A statement would be made saying that we are assessing our data-access policies and auditing who has access to what. You state I am "over reacting" but are you not aware that the entire premise of credibility in data driven companies is based on access to data? Have you ever been through ANY audits ever? I am going to make a simple foundational audit question to you: "Who has access to the financial information of the company" "Well, our VP of IT, the CFO, the CEO are the only three" So... this CEO of reddit has been known to abuse his power in his own companies product to edit the contents of that product (userbase comments with interests in various topics which is a sellable marketing package).... So... whos to say if he reacts like this that he wont edit the financials/user-base counts/whatever he has access to if he isnt happy with the data????? THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL trust issue with him... to blow it off as a prank is abhorrent. Does this not make sense?
  - Mithaldu 10y ago
    reddit is not a bank, it is an internet humor forum where sometimes people also talk about the real world he edited posts that said "fuck you" to him you're overreacting you can take this if you like, or disagree, i don't care to discuss it further this is one of the least significant possible hills to make a stand and die on :v
  - dgreensp 10y ago
    While I expect this issue to blow over, you are right that defending the CEO's actions by saying he was "frustrated" or it was a prank or whatever else is ridiculous. Imagine the CEO of Google editing YouTube comments. I don't know if these analogies are totally apt or not, though; it sounds like the CEO here is also a moderator of a forum and may have edit privileges by virtue of that; it's not like he's executing SQL queries to rewrite the comments in place, I assume, he's just abusing "editorial" powers in pretty much the worst way possible (quietly changing content to say the opposite).
    - admax88q 10y ago
      > I assume, he's just abusing "editorial" powers in pretty much the worst way possible The platform shouldn't provide editorial powers that allow you to edit others comments. Removal of comments and banning of users is sufficient. There's no legitimate need to have that functionality built it.
- philh 10y ago
  > You're highly agitated and not thinking clearly it seems. Try and do whatever helps you calm down normally. This was unnecessary and condescending, and there's no call for it.
  - Mithaldu 10y ago
    It was a simple fact and he admitted himself it was. Though, if you know of a more graceful way to communicate this, please let me know.