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> - Reddit founders submitted links (wrote comments?) everyday using different usernames, to get the community going. clearly unethical behavior, but whatever.

> - Reddit founders submitted links (wrote comments?) everyday using different usernames, to get the community going. clearly unethical behavior, but whatever...

emblaegh 3y ago
How would this be unethical in reddit's case? It's not like they tried to raise money from investors or users using the faked activity.
- ekianjo 3y ago
  Deceiving early days users. Since when lying is OK?
  - mdorazio 3y ago
    What did they lie about? People on Reddit and right here on HN use multiple accounts all the time (look at all the throwaway accounts).
    - ekianjo 3y ago
      throwaway is very explicit, there's no lie involved since everyone knows what it means. > What did they lie about? Fake users being piloted by the same person behind the screen. If that's not a lie, then I don't know what is.
      - sbarre 3y ago
        geez, if that's your biggest complaint about discussion forums, you live a pretty blessed life. We're talking about Internet discussion forums here.. The amount of fakery, lying, bullshit and outright awfulness that happens on forums every single day across the whole Internet is staggering. If they used aliases to kickstart discussions and try to get people involved and contributing, I'm not sure that's something to get your pitchfork out about.
rainbowzootsuit 3y ago
Ethics? Where we're going, we don't _need_ ethics. [ flips down silver goggles ]
Arkhaine_kupo 3y ago
The founder also made the jailbait subreddit and it won sub of the year in 2011? they also removed third party apis and mod tools before an ipo. If one had bad thoughts they would think increasing their own app numbers and reducing tools to remove bot activity would be unethical ways to bolsters user counts before a sale. But that would not happen
- deleted 3y ago
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- michtzik 3y ago
  The internet generally believes that /u/violentacrez created /r/jailbait . That user's "irl" identity is known, and he is not a founder of reddit. See https://www.reddit.com/r/MuseumOfReddit/comments/1hzra9/doxgate_the_closing_of_rcreepshots_and_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MuseumOfReddit/comments/1hzra9/doxg...
  - Arkhaine_kupo 3y ago
    I looked into it, back when anyone could be made mod there was an inside joke on reddit of making Obama and Snopp dogg mods of things. Someone made spez a mod of jailbait and took a screenshot that was reposted around the internet and I forgot about the third party modding thing. However he defended the place publically, and gave an award called Pimp Daddy to violentacrez, which shows some level of consideration and recognition by the now CEO of reddit. looking at it with the hindsight of time, the "free speech" defense rings a bit hollow considering the communities they were protecting at the time
tonetheman 3y ago
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> - Reddit founders submitted links (wrote comments?) everyday using different usernames, to get the community going. clearly unethical behavior, but whatever...

emblaegh 3y ago

How would this be unethical in reddit's case? It's not like they tried to raise money from investors or users using the faked activity.

ekianjo 3y ago
Deceiving early days users. Since when lying is OK?
- mdorazio 3y ago
  What did they lie about? People on Reddit and right here on HN use multiple accounts all the time (look at all the throwaway accounts).
  - ekianjo 3y ago
    throwaway is very explicit, there's no lie involved since everyone knows what it means. > What did they lie about? Fake users being piloted by the same person behind the screen. If that's not a lie, then I don't know what is.
    - sbarre 3y ago
      geez, if that's your biggest complaint about discussion forums, you live a pretty blessed life. We're talking about Internet discussion forums here.. The amount of fakery, lying, bullshit and outright awfulness that happens on forums every single day across the whole Internet is staggering. If they used aliases to kickstart discussions and try to get people involved and contributing, I'm not sure that's something to get your pitchfork out about.

rainbowzootsuit 3y ago

Ethics? Where we're going, we don't _need_ ethics. [ flips down silver goggles ]

Arkhaine_kupo 3y ago

The founder also made the jailbait subreddit and it won sub of the year in 2011? they also removed third party apis and mod tools before an ipo. If one had bad thoughts they would think increasing their own app numbers and reducing tools to remove bot activity would be unethical ways to bolsters user counts before a sale. But that would not happen

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michtzik 3y ago
The internet generally believes that /u/violentacrez created /r/jailbait . That user's "irl" identity is known, and he is not a founder of reddit. See https://www.reddit.com/r/MuseumOfReddit/comments/1hzra9/doxgate_the_closing_of_rcreepshots_and_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MuseumOfReddit/comments/1hzra9/doxg...
- Arkhaine_kupo 3y ago
  I looked into it, back when anyone could be made mod there was an inside joke on reddit of making Obama and Snopp dogg mods of things. Someone made spez a mod of jailbait and took a screenshot that was reposted around the internet and I forgot about the third party modding thing. However he defended the place publically, and gave an award called Pimp Daddy to violentacrez, which shows some level of consideration and recognition by the now CEO of reddit. looking at it with the hindsight of time, the "free speech" defense rings a bit hollow considering the communities they were protecting at the time

tonetheman 3y ago

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