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People that won’t let that prank go have no business in any discussion about the platform. It’s a completely disingenuous argument.
by tehwebguy 8y ago
People that won’t let that prank go have no business in any discussion about the platform. It’s a completely disingenuous argument.
- arminiusreturns 8y agoI would say by misrepresenting the arguments of your opponents and simplifying them to the point of removing them, it is you who is making the disingenuous argument.
- saagarjha 8y agoThe issue was that the "prank" demonstrated the amount of power the Reddit admins had over the site, and created discussion as to whether it could be abused.
- tehwebguy 8y agoOf course someone has access to the actual database, no one needed a demonstration to understand that. It was a prank, a troll on the trollingest people on the platform. That’s all.
- yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago> and created discussion as to whether it could be abused. But the conversation was kicked off by it being abused. The conclusion is already there.