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Doesn't seem that unbelievable when you look into some of the other stuff he's done. For example he secretly used his admin powers to edit user comments from us

Doesn't seem that unbelievable when you look into some of the other stuff he's done. For example he secretly used his admin powers to edit user comments from users he didn't like or who criticized him.

mmastrac 3y ago
I don't like what he's done one bit, nor him personally, but this is a really big stretch and not really the level of comment HN should strive for. EDIT: to clarify -- a big stretch to connect editing comments (which was well-known to have happened) with other actions.
- tipsysquid 3y ago
  the accusation of editing comments I believe to be confirmed as fact, everything else I am not sure of.
- mrgalaxy 3y ago
  Parent commenter shouldn't have said secretly. That was something he openly admitted to doing. https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/23/13739026/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-edit-comments https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/23/13739026/reddit-ceo-stev...
  - AlecSchueler 3y ago
    I believe the issue the commenter above was taking was that just because someone commits, for lack of a better term, comment fraud, we shouldn't jump to suggesting he's also a paedophile.
    - deleted 3y ago
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    - unshavedyak 3y ago
      Oh, i took that comment to suggest that the downtime could (mostly jokingly, i assume) have something to do with Spez dealing with a post he didn't like.
  - b112 3y ago
    That was something he openly admitted to doing. Not true! He did not openly admit to doing this. Instead: * he did it, and told no one at all * was caught doing it, after people figured it out * then, admitted he did it This is absolutely not the same as "openly admitting it". He did secretly edit comments.
  - DANmode 3y ago
    It was secret/nontransparent until he admitted to it. Still misleading, I agree.
- MattGaiser 3y ago
  He admitted to doing it. https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/23/reddit-huffman-trump/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/23/reddit-huffman-trump/
  - croes 3y ago
    I think it's about > was a mod of r/jailbait in 2008 not the comment editing
  - danudey 3y ago
    "Openly admitting" has a very different connotation than "fessing up after you get caught".
- koprulusector 3y ago
  This is something I’ve seen repeated on Reddit often. Virtually any meta thread on Reddit about Reddit will have several comments containing these allegations. I can’t imagine how much time someone might need to spend to dig through all the noise to get to the truth, but it rings of something that might have a kernel of truth, given the prevalence and uniformity of such accusations. In either case, it’s easily as speculative as the parent comment above, maybe slightly more so, since the parent came from Twitter.
  - drak0n1c 3y ago
    >“Yep. I messed with the “fuck u/spez” comments, replacing “spez” with r/the_donald mods for about an hour,” Huffman, who co-founded Reddit with Alexis Ohanian in 2005, wrote. He did not admit to it until evidence was compiled and hit the front page, and let it appear for part of the week to participants and onlookers as if there was massive internal strife. https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/23/reddit-huffman-trump/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/23/reddit-huffman-trump/
  - sarsaparilyptus 3y ago
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brazzledazzle 3y ago
Completely out of line to connect admin abuse with pedophilia.
EMCymatics 3y ago
This didn't get enough exposure
EMCymatics 3y ago
It is really really wild for other comments to try to pretend the comment above is about something other than the admin (spez) using his powers to edit reddit comments of people he didn't like or political opponents.

mmastrac 3y ago

I don't like what he's done one bit, nor him personally, but this is a really big stretch and not really the level of comment HN should strive for. EDIT: to clarify -- a big stretch to connect editing comments (which was well-known to have happened) with other actions.

tipsysquid 3y ago
the accusation of editing comments I believe to be confirmed as fact, everything else I am not sure of.
mrgalaxy 3y ago
Parent commenter shouldn't have said secretly. That was something he openly admitted to doing. https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/23/13739026/reddit-ceo-steve-huffman-edit-comments https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/23/13739026/reddit-ceo-stev...
- AlecSchueler 3y ago
  I believe the issue the commenter above was taking was that just because someone commits, for lack of a better term, comment fraud, we shouldn't jump to suggesting he's also a paedophile.
  - deleted 3y ago
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  - unshavedyak 3y ago
    Oh, i took that comment to suggest that the downtime could (mostly jokingly, i assume) have something to do with Spez dealing with a post he didn't like.
- b112 3y ago
  That was something he openly admitted to doing. Not true! He did not openly admit to doing this. Instead: * he did it, and told no one at all * was caught doing it, after people figured it out * then, admitted he did it This is absolutely not the same as "openly admitting it". He did secretly edit comments.
- DANmode 3y ago
  It was secret/nontransparent until he admitted to it. Still misleading, I agree.
MattGaiser 3y ago
He admitted to doing it. https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/23/reddit-huffman-trump/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/23/reddit-huffman-trump/
- croes 3y ago
  I think it's about > was a mod of r/jailbait in 2008 not the comment editing
- danudey 3y ago
  "Openly admitting" has a very different connotation than "fessing up after you get caught".
koprulusector 3y ago
This is something I’ve seen repeated on Reddit often. Virtually any meta thread on Reddit about Reddit will have several comments containing these allegations. I can’t imagine how much time someone might need to spend to dig through all the noise to get to the truth, but it rings of something that might have a kernel of truth, given the prevalence and uniformity of such accusations. In either case, it’s easily as speculative as the parent comment above, maybe slightly more so, since the parent came from Twitter.
- drak0n1c 3y ago
  >“Yep. I messed with the “fuck u/spez” comments, replacing “spez” with r/the_donald mods for about an hour,” Huffman, who co-founded Reddit with Alexis Ohanian in 2005, wrote. He did not admit to it until evidence was compiled and hit the front page, and let it appear for part of the week to participants and onlookers as if there was massive internal strife. https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/23/reddit-huffman-trump/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/23/reddit-huffman-trump/
- sarsaparilyptus 3y ago
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brazzledazzle 3y ago

Completely out of line to connect admin abuse with pedophilia.

EMCymatics 3y ago

This didn't get enough exposure

EMCymatics 3y ago

It is really really wild for other comments to try to pretend the comment above is about something other than the admin (spez) using his powers to edit reddit comments of people he didn't like or political opponents.