I love this decision just for the cold-hearted Keyser Soze game theory of it. It's a classic shoot-the-hostages-first move. It's not just about these publicati

I love this decision just for the cold-hearted Keyser Soze game theory of it. It's a classic shoot-the-hostages-first move. It's not just about these publications, it's about whatever other publications are gonna show up next year, and the year after that, and the year after that, with ever-increasing levels of sophistication in attempting to game reddit. Reddit can fight the threat while it remains small in scope, but they can't fight it if it really gets big. So they demonstrate a willingness to annihilate their opponents, even if it's quite costly to themselves. If you can do that, pretty soon you won't have any opponents.