First, "single instance" isn't fair since it was multiple comments that were edited. Second, silently misattributing words to people (he went behind the site's

First, "single instance" isn't fair since it was multiple comments that were edited. Second, silently misattributing words to people (he went behind the site's back, into the database, so the "comment edited" star never appeared) is not a "prank", it's a serious breach of trust, unprecedented in the history of the site, and calls into question anything anyone has ever written. If I remember right, this was only ever proven because archive snapshots of the comments pre-edit existed. If someone familiar with Reddit history now is ever called to legally account for their comments, Reddit Inc. now gets to be called and has to prove they didn't screw with the posts. Can you say liability exposure? Sheesh. There are some lines you just don't cross. If Huffman would edit people's comments on the sly for funsies, it shows he has no professional ethics that would prevent him from doing the same thing in a more important situation. What's to say he hasn't already in the matter of some other litigation we're not aware of?