It introduces a precedent for content manipulation for personal gain that cannot really be prevented though. Who says that Steve Huffman won't alter content of

It introduces a precedent for content manipulation for personal gain that cannot really be prevented though. Who says that Steve Huffman won't alter content of any entity posting on reddit? Politicians can do AMAs and post responses, then Huffman comes along to sneak-edit one or two words to make them look bad without any external user being able to prove manipulation - it could just be a user edit after all.