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How is referring the actual fact the CEO admitted to such actions inaccurate spin?

• epistasis 10y ago
  It wasn't about Trump at all, thus the spin, and introducing unnecessary politics. >It wasn't trump supporter comments, it was comments that said exactly "fuck spez." Misrepresenting it as "trump supporters" gives it a decidedly different, post-truth spin. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13124802 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13124802
  • jakebasile 10y ago
    The edited comments were on r/the_donald, and he changed them to point to r/the_donald moderators. You have to be doing some serious mental gymnastics to think that it wasn't against "those Trump supporters". And here's the thing: it doesn't matter. An admin of a site (the CEO even!) edited users' comments without permission, notification, or apparent consequence. This can lead to users distrusting the site.
    • epistasis 10y ago
      I'm not the one performing gymnastics here. They were personal insults to spez, not related to Trump at all. And the only reason that it matters is that the comment misrepresents reality on that front. Destroying trust is still relevant info, but it's also important to correct political spin to actual fact.
    • johnbrodie 10y ago
      ...and there's a chat log floating around after the fallout of the top mods and Spez discussing what to do about /r/the_donald. Saying he didn't edit "Trump supporters" comments on a sub that bans you outright for not being pro-Trump is asinine.