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camarillobrillo · 2921 days ago · link · · parent · post: Reddit CEO underfire after violating user agreement by anonymously modifying comments of other users

And for such a site of significance this seems like amateur hour. How did he think there wouldn't be tremendous backlash from something so childish? Puts the entire site to shame. His staff must be furious.

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wongireffic · 2921 days ago · link ·

He said his staff was furious, but people are posting screenshots of the admins chatting. Granted, the screenshots may be spurious.

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