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The CEO of Reddit confessed to modifying posts from Trump supporters
Business Insider via Yahoo ^

Posted on 11/23/2016 7:18:23 PM PST by Admiral_Zeon

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has confessed to modifying the posts of some users on the most visible Donald Trump-supporting "subreddit" community after they repeatedly slung verbal abuse in his direction.  

The story begins earlier this week, when The New York Times published a report on Comet Ping Pong, a Washington DC pizza place that a false news item on social media had pegged as the center of a child-abuse ring run by Hillary Clinton and Democratic National Committee chair John Podesta, despite a lack of any evidence.

Following that report, Reddit took steps to shut down the "r/Pizzagate" subreddit community, which had the stated goal of proving the existence of a conspiracy centering on Comet Ping Pong. "We don’t want witchhunts on our site," says the warning that replaced the Pizzagate page on Reddit.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: censorship; centipedes; corporateliberalism; cultureofcorruption; despotism; fakenews; fascism; hillaryvoter; howtostealanelection; internet; kek; reddit; trump
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To: Rosie405

“The only people in the UnitedStates right now that this government is at all interested in prosecuting for child sexual abuse are the Roman Catholic priests. “

I just got what turned out to be professional criminal squatters next door. They had us fooled, acted like there was a lease. But there was a constant troop of vagabonds going through.
Afte two months, the place finally got evicted Nov 8 and it has taken two huge dump containers to take out the assorted trash. Needles, drugs and evidence of shooting porn. I also have the sickening feeling there was child porn.
Problem is I’ve had to act as Junior Dick Tracy. My life has been threatened.
So yes, the police are overwhelmed and no one cares.


21 posted on 11/23/2016 8:22:28 PM PST by DaxtonBrown
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To: Admiral_Zeon

This is really, really bad. Changing the content of folks posts without their knowledge.

The centipedes at reddit need to walk.


22 posted on 11/23/2016 8:23:08 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Right versus left is no longer as relevant as Nationalist versus globalist.)
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To: Spktyr

Wow, the users of 4 chan, and Reddit are so meticulous about making backups of their threads.

WAPO has already used a doctored by u/spez quote in an article. This really was a stupid move by him. The implications of his ability to falsify and manipulate anything if he so pleases is pretty frightening.


23 posted on 11/23/2016 8:23:20 PM PST by sockmonkey (Donald Trump will ban auto-correct with an Executive Order. Go Trump!)
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To: NormsRevenge

It is. The companies running it being the worst sewage mongers. Watch for the migration to GAB, 4chan, and “old school” sites like FR.


24 posted on 11/23/2016 8:27:50 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Right versus left is no longer as relevant as Nationalist versus globalist.)
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To: max americana

Modifying in this case appears to be changing the content of posts. Not good.


25 posted on 11/23/2016 8:31:24 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Right versus left is no longer as relevant as Nationalist versus globalist.)
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To: Admiral_Zeon

Spez really screwed up here. The CEO of a company going in and editing people’s posts? Not good. The Trump forum has about 300k people now.


26 posted on 11/23/2016 8:34:48 PM PST by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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To: RKBA Democrat

I’m a new Gab user. It looks good so far.


27 posted on 11/23/2016 8:43:32 PM PST by Defiant (The media is the colostomy bag where truth goes after democrats digest it.)
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To: Admiral_Zeon

We’re getting a lot of these confessions from media that were promised a seat at Hillary’s table and are suddenly stuck outside and a very cold winter is rolling in.


28 posted on 11/23/2016 8:43:50 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: Defiant

Same here - wish they had a phone app.


29 posted on 11/23/2016 8:52:21 PM PST by stratboy
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To: RKBA Democrat

This undermines all of Reddit. This makes all past posts inadmissible as evidence and makes people question the legitimacy of future posts.


30 posted on 11/23/2016 8:54:03 PM PST by lancium
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To: Defiant
What is gab?
Is it the messaging app on Google play, developed in France ?
31 posted on 11/23/2016 9:02:55 PM PST by fred42 ("Get your facts first, then you can distort 'em as much as you need." - Mark Twain)
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To: lancium

Immediately reminded of stonetear, perhaps this was a way to discredit any Reddit posts made by that account. Reddit is garbage, at least for political discussion.


32 posted on 11/23/2016 9:05:25 PM PST by John Robinson (I am a twit @_John_Robinson)
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To: fred42

Gab is a free speech website that was created in response to political censorship at the big social media websites. The rules are very minimal but they allow the user a lot of filtering. Or very little. Or none. Sorta like twitter combined with reddit. It seems more genteel than you would expect.


33 posted on 11/23/2016 9:15:24 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Right versus left is no longer as relevant as Nationalist versus globalist.)
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To: Admiral_Zeon

So, if there was no there there, yahoo wouldn’t have bothered reporting on it and tried to frame this as a false story. The pressure is on to drop this investigation. The globalists are very worried.


34 posted on 11/23/2016 9:21:48 PM PST by Crucial
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To: John Robinson; jimrob

The Donald has some interesting discussion and I’ve enjoyed the positivity, energy and dedication to the cause. I lurk there now and again. I obviously prefer FR, but they have a lot of good people.

The youngsters over there are a good bunch. Y’all could invite them over. Just sayin.


35 posted on 11/23/2016 9:29:11 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Right versus left is no longer as relevant as Nationalist versus globalist.)
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To: sockmonkey

“The implications of his ability to falsify and manipulate anything if he so pleases is pretty frightening.”

JR could modify a post here and have me (or anyone else) appear to be threatening the life of the president. But he would never do that...which is why we’re here.

That is some VERY SICK STUFF at Reddit.


36 posted on 11/23/2016 10:18:02 PM PST by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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To: RKBA Democrat

I suppose I was mostly referencing r/politics and ilk as garbage, especially when Correct the Record laid waste with the downvote button and anti-Trump spam. The_Donald, when I found it early this year, convinced me Trump would win — not by anything they said, rather, the energy and dedication as you noted.

I would love to see more centipedes here.


37 posted on 11/23/2016 10:23:00 PM PST by John Robinson (I am a twit @_John_Robinson)
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To: dp0622

Wrong narrative, if that were so you would not have married pedophiles. They just gravitate because it puts them in a position where they can cloak their evilness with the authority of Christ.


38 posted on 11/23/2016 10:27:11 PM PST by Tarasaramozart
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To: Non-Compliant_Deplorable

BTTT


39 posted on 11/23/2016 10:39:32 PM PST by ssfromla
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To: Admiral_Zeon

Bookmark


40 posted on 11/23/2016 11:40:31 PM PST by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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