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I can't believe people are pretending to be outraged about something so boring. Oh no, a forum admin trolled a user in a troll subreddit, qué horror! The threa

I can't believe people are pretending to be outraged about something so boring. Oh no, a forum admin trolled a user in a troll subreddit, qué horror! The thread he changed the comments in was filled with users literally accusing multiple innocent people of being pedophiles who ate children, but sure, it's a bridge too far to change the user tag of comments literally threatening him rather than e.g. banning everyone who commented there or reporting the threats to the police which would have been well within his rights!

elbigbad 3y ago
It’s also, like, Reddit. Not some financial or health database. It’s an Internet forum largely populated by literal children and teens.
- mardifoufs 3y ago
  Tbf, you could totally lose your job with a single edit if your identity is associated with your Reddit account. It would be very very very hard to argue with a straight face that the admins added a racial slur to your comment without sounding completely crazy and dishonest.
  - mikeyouse 3y ago
    Sure - but none of that happened, and the possibility of that happening is exactly the same whether Huffman had trolled the dredge at TheDonald or not. Not everything in life is a slippery slope, it's often just best to weigh things on their own merits.
    - mardifoufs 3y ago
      I don't disagree, if anything I think the whole thing was pretty funny when it happened. The outrage was pretty over the top too. I'm just saying that it could be a dangerous thing to do, if only because it creates doubt and deniability.
    - Arkhaine_kupo 3y ago
      > Not everything in life is a slippery slope However in this case... He already admitted to changing post titles (in his own words to fix typos and other minor corrections). So he got the hang of modifying prod data with a "good cause" and once he had the know-how he turned around and sued it to edit someone's comment. Had that not caused a big stir, maybe it would have become his new past time. maybe it has, maybe he goes back 5-6 years to comments you cannot reply to because the threads are locked and adds little jokes there, who knows cause he is now totally untrustworthy on this matter.

elbigbad 3y ago

It’s also, like, Reddit. Not some financial or health database. It’s an Internet forum largely populated by literal children and teens.

mardifoufs 3y ago
Tbf, you could totally lose your job with a single edit if your identity is associated with your Reddit account. It would be very very very hard to argue with a straight face that the admins added a racial slur to your comment without sounding completely crazy and dishonest.
- mikeyouse 3y ago
  Sure - but none of that happened, and the possibility of that happening is exactly the same whether Huffman had trolled the dredge at TheDonald or not. Not everything in life is a slippery slope, it's often just best to weigh things on their own merits.
  - mardifoufs 3y ago
    I don't disagree, if anything I think the whole thing was pretty funny when it happened. The outrage was pretty over the top too. I'm just saying that it could be a dangerous thing to do, if only because it creates doubt and deniability.
  - Arkhaine_kupo 3y ago
    > Not everything in life is a slippery slope However in this case... He already admitted to changing post titles (in his own words to fix typos and other minor corrections). So he got the hang of modifying prod data with a "good cause" and once he had the know-how he turned around and sued it to edit someone's comment. Had that not caused a big stir, maybe it would have become his new past time. maybe it has, maybe he goes back 5-6 years to comments you cannot reply to because the threads are locked and adds little jokes there, who knows cause he is now totally untrustworthy on this matter.