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It became a dumpster fire well over a decade ago and has never recovered since. Even the site administration is in on the act, lest we forget spez editing the d
by Dalewyn 3y ago
It became a dumpster fire well over a decade ago and has never recovered since. Even the site administration is in on the act, lest we forget spez editing the database to modify users' comments with no indication.
- zoklet-enjoyer 3y ago[flagged]
- zoklet-enjoyer 3y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13029136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13029136
- Lammy 3y ago> It became a dumpster fire well over a decade ago Relevant: “Containment Control for a Social Network with State-Dependent Connectivity” (2014), Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin AFB: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1402.5644.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1402.5644.pdf …a.k.a Reddit's "Most-Addicted City" of 2013: https://web.archive.org/web/20160604042751/http://www.redditblog.com/2013/05/get-ready-for-global-reddit-meetup-day.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160604042751/http://www.reddit...
- Zamicol 3y agoThis is why user comments need to be cryptographically signed. Cryptography prevents this sort of nefarious and hidden corruption.
- Dalewyn 3y agoCryptography means precisely nothing if you can't trust the cryptographer.
- ed25519FUUU 3y agoReddit is simply not that important.
- Zamicol 3y agoWith 861 million monthly active users, I suspect it is.
- jasonladuke0311 3y agoAccounts, I presume that number is. Most people probably have at least a couple.
- Zamicol 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit#cite_note-81 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit#cite_note-81
- Zamicol 3y agohttps://cyphrme.github.io/ed25519_tool/ed.html#?alg_type=Msg&msg_enc=Text&msg=https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/1/21754984/reddit-dau-daily-users-revealed&key_enc=B64&key=aYW6WluvuiTbIj2ACwDmE0XeLhAJAOOQXd00STX4Oyc&sig=6bSboKS5PQ50kemwJjkzcxiYiErr9pgZ5HDrrSiSi4sHmtCcvhVK7HH76hx-Gf-u-KOCwF28D1_YMl8Al_2kCg&verify https://cyphrme.github.io/ed25519_tool/ed.html#?alg_type=Msg...