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I have trouble calling this scary when the data we are talking about is upvotes and private messages associated with an alias (not necessarily associated with a
by lotu 8y ago
I have trouble calling this scary when the data we are talking about is upvotes and private messages associated with an alias (not necessarily associated with an human) that are over a decade old.
From the standpoint of the person who took the data it is likely boring enough that it's not even worth the effort to restore the database.
Given the existence of more pressing problems I really can't do more than shrug.
- ben_jones 8y agoOn the contrary, Reddit back then had much less moderation. What if it came out that a prominent CEO was a user of /r/jailbait or a similarly toxic subreddit? That person's life would be destroyed.