4 ms·
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 pedophi
by siidooloo 10y ago
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.
- 0xmohit 10y agoFunny. 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. [0] https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204528069-Will-you-remove-something-defamatory-about-me-or-my-friend- https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204528069-Will-...
- siidooloo 10y agoWitch hunts and brigading are also against their rules.
- oneeyedpigeon 10y agoThat quote heavily suggests that it's talking about a one-off post rather than a foaming-at-the-mouth mob spamming libellous abuse.
- 0xmohit 10y agoIn that event, wouldn't it better to pull down the post? Better than edits, no?
- oneeyedpigeon 10y agoOf 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.
- meowface 10y agoSure, 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.
- user5994461 10y agoThe reddit community is usually very supportive of such a response No they're not. They prefer trolling or upvoting whatever sounds cooler.