Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: I Screwed Up and I Want Reddit To Trust Me Again (cnbc.com)

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Reddit CEO Steve Huffman: I Screwed Up and I Want Reddit To Trust Me Again (cnbc.com)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday December 12, 2016 @08:50AM from the he-is-sorry dept.

The most anxious day of Reddit CEO Steve Huffman's life, he says, was showing up to work on the Monday after Thanksgiving this year. The week before, he had thrown the company into a minor political crisis. From a CNBC report: After weeks being antagonized by the users of Reddit communities like /r/The_Donald and /r/pizzagate, Huffman had covertly edited messages posted by other users that were critical of him, to instead be critical of those communities' leaders. On the latest episode of Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher, Huffman said he conceived this as a prank, "in the spirit of fun." "I figured, I'm just going to mess with these bullies, and I actually have the capability of messing with them, so I'll do so," Huffman said. "I wanted to do something. I didn't do the right thing, but that was my mentality." Huffman says the aftermath of this "prank," users questioning whether their posts had ever been edited without their consent in the past, was "devastating," and that he knows it will take time to rebuild trust within the community. At an all-hands staff meeting on that anxious Monday, he apologized directly to Reddit's staff and said he wanted them all to be proud to work there.

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Only Fixed by Resigning by casings · 2016-12-12 08:52 · Score: 4, Insightful

There is no coming back from this. Until he decides to leave, trust cannot be rebuilt.
1. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 08:59 · Score: 0
  
  i voat for the alternative ;-)
2. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:02 · Score: 1
  
  This is what happens when children attain adult bodies, without actually growing up.
3. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by AmiMoJo · 2016-12-12 09:06 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  If making relatively minor edits to a few inconsequential posts insulting him, then admitting it and repeatedly apologising and swearing he will never do it again isn't enough, then maybe it's not worth trying to regain the trust of people who feel that way.
  It's the standard Reddit conspiracy theory. Something minor blow out of all proportion. Just like the last several times it's a sure sign that Reddit is dead and everyone is busy signing up for Voat.
  
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4. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by iMadeGhostzilla · 2016-12-12 09:13 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  It's not minor if you have to wonder with every post if it's going to be altered or hidden or deleted, you'd just take your time elsewhere. E.g. if it were happening here, I wouldn't bother posting.
5. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by RogueyWon · 2016-12-12 09:19 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  When I started my first "proper" job fresh out of university, my first boss told me:
  "Your reputation can recover from even spectacular incompetence if you look apologetic and keep your head down for a year or two at most. The moment you lose your integrity, it's gone for life."
  Would be a better story if he hadn't been fired and referred to the police a few years later for fiddling money from consultancy contracts.
6. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by zerocommazero · 2016-12-12 09:21 · Score: 0, Troll
  
  "every post"? You and I are not that special, dude.
7. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by AmiMoJo · 2016-12-12 09:23 · Score: 1
  
  How do you know it's not happening here?
  It came to light pretty fast on Reddit. I'm sure it would come to light pretty fast here too. What makes you so sure that /. posts are not edited, while you "have to wonder" over on Reddit?
  
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8. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:24 · Score: 0
  
  I don't know, here on /. when I post anonymously, my posts are often removed.
9. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by SubtleGuest · 2016-12-12 09:26 · Score: 1
  
  That story didn't go where I thought it was going.
10. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Guybrush_T · 2016-12-12 09:27 · Score: 1
  
  I'm actually happy to see people learn from their errors. I would trust him much more than anyone else. He recognized what he did, he recognized his error. He knows he'll have no other chance now.
  On the other hand, I'm sad to see every other guy call for resignation every time someone makes a mistake. It is actually the opposite : someone who did a mistake and suffered from it will never make it again. So that guy is now better and smarter ... why should he resign ?
11. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by LeftCoastThinker · 2016-12-12 09:33 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  The problem isn't really the editing of a few posts, the problem is the fact that he can, unilaterally, go in and edit other people's posts. It is only a conspiracy theory until it is proven true. The fact that he did this shows that not only could it be done, but it was done, thus, no longer a conspiracy theory, it is proven fact. The motivation and trying to play it off as a joke because he got caught are also telling. The fact that he thought he could do this makes it likely that it was done in the past, but that he/they got away with it. It would be easy to destroy a person's online reputation in this manner. It is the online equivalent of identity theft.
  At a minimum, to restore trust, they need to implement a policy where posts cannot and will not ever be edited by anyone other than the author, and any employee who does will be immediately terminated, regardless of rank. Also implement some software that only allows employees to delete posts, not edit them. Add a method for the software to verify that the post is being edited by the true user and not an employee and if an employee attempts an edit of a post, the original author gets an automated email as well as the entire company describing the infraction along with date, time, ip, user login, original and modified post, etc.
  
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12. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:38 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  "every post"?
  You and I are not that special, dude.
  Hey, I remember that one. That's what people used to say when us "conspiracy theorists" said the NSA was spying on every American citizen.
13. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:41 · Score: 1, Informative
  
  There is no coming back from this. Until he decides to leave, trust cannot be rebuilt.
  Reddit is dead. The 2016 election was much worse than this incident. Widespread shadowbanning of non-conforming opinion. It was already more than apparent that reddit admins and moderators were using "editing by omission," where non-conforming opinions were deleted and/or the accounts were shadowbanned. Now we know they also did regular old editing too. Reddit is a propaganda machine now, nothing more, nothing less.
14. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:42 · Score: 0
  
  Time to start thinking out of the box. Can you actually trust Reddit to implement such a system that your proposed in a independent manner? Probably not.
  The answer is to hit them where it hurts! Perhaps as atonement he should donate say $1 million of his net worth to the RNC or a charity designated by those he has wronged, and promise to do the same the next time he or any of his minions lapses into edit mode...
  Or it's just like my daughter when she keeps hitting my son whist chanting "Sorry for hit you..." (she is 3-yo).
  I tell her saying sorry doesn't make things right...
15. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by kuzb · 2016-12-12 09:42 · Score: 1
  
  Exactly this. Communities like that do not forgive, and they do not forget. Just ask Ellen Pao.
  
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16. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by kuzb · 2016-12-12 09:44 · Score: 2
  
  Reddit isn't different. It's just a larger chamber.
  
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17. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:44 · Score: 0
  
  Just like every politician that gets caught doing something bad, again and again and again and...
18. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by MrLint · 2016-12-12 09:45 · Score: 1
  
  Which part of a CEO mentality is ok to go in and edit the DB? The excuse of 'well I'm the engineer' doesn't cut it. The shoot from the hip, 'cowboy' startup mentality is what will end up dooming Reddit; spez' actions are merely the consequence. Reddit should no longer be in the 'startup' mentality. It is this kind of "I'm gonna fuck with my detractors BS that is the hallmark of the egoist, not the high level otherwise detached management of the CEO. Perhaps he should just have a twitter spat, ya know like that other guy all over the news.
19. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by tripleevenfall · 2016-12-12 09:45 · Score: 1
  
  An echo chamber where the thought police are editing things behind the scenes is not even useful as an echo chamber.
20. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:47 · Score: 0
  
  I've had the problem too, not often, but it has happened.
21. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by MyFirstNameIsPaul · 2016-12-12 09:50 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  The site was founded on fake. They never had integrity, never will.
  
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22. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by blind+biker · 2016-12-12 09:53 · Score: 3, Insightful
  
  It's not minor if you have to wonder with every post if it's going to be altered or hidden or deleted, you'd just take your time elsewhere. E.g. if it were happening here, I wouldn't bother posting.
  It's not even that. The worst thing is that you cannot trust that anything you see someone saying, was actually said by him/her.
  That's a much, much more grave issue than having your post hidden or deleted.
  
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23. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Archangel+Michael · 2016-12-12 09:57 · Score: 2
  
  Read how to discredit your rivals. Use "conspiracy" (as in "vast right-wing conspiracy") to explain why what you said/did wasn't what you said/did. Alternatively, when others use "conspiracy" against you (regardless of your involvement in said conspiracy) point out of fucking stupid it is to follow with "those crazy people".
  You can apply this to just about every conspiracy theory out there, if you want to believe ... THERE IS A CONSPIRACY!!!, if you don't its ... THOSE CRAZY PEOPLE.
  Really convenient once you realize you can control the narrative this way.
  BTW, this applies to just about everything "Conspiratorial" ... e.g. ... THE RUSSIANS HACKED OUR ELECTION .... Imagine if Trump lost and was saying this instead of Clinton, I am sure most people's views would change.
  
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24. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:58 · Score: 0
  
  I'm actually happy to see people learn from their errors. I would trust him much more than anyone else. He recognized what he did, he recognized his error. He knows he'll have no other chance now.
  On the other hand, I'm sad to see every other guy call for resignation every time someone makes a mistake. It is actually the opposite : someone who did a mistake and suffered from it will never make it again. So that guy is now better and smarter ... why should he resign ?
  I don't think he should resign, I don't think there should be a boycott (because that causes collateral damage). But similarly, a simple apology shouldn't be the end of it.
  Make him pay. He should attempt show his contrition by donating $1M to a charity designated by those he has wronged. We don't lock people up when we catch them speeding, but similarly we make them pay a fine and pay higher insurance rates so that they are reminded of their transgressions and even if they don't feel contrition (which is different than remorse), there is at least a modicum of deterrence.
  For even more deterrence, make him mark the posts that he edited. Make those posts easy to search for. The ultimate punishment for editing a post should be to make the post immortal in it's original form.
25. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Penguinisto · 2016-12-12 10:05 · Score: 1
  
  He recognized what he did, he recognized his error.
  You grossly misspelled "He recognized that he got caught red-handed" up there.
  Sorry, but there's no trust to be salvaged from that one.
  (...and why the fuck was a CEO even given database/middleware access, anyway? Doesn't he have more important shit to do, like you know, run the company?)
  
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26. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Solandri · 2016-12-12 10:06 · Score: 5, Interesting
  
  That was my first thought upon reading OP's post too. Huffmann may have actually done the world a favor. He's opened people's eyes to the possibility that this type of behind-the-curtain manipulation can happen; something the tech community has been trying for years without success to warn the general public about with respect to electronic voting machines.
  
  If we're lucky, this will kick off a wave of forum sites coming up with clever hash systems allowing you to confirm that the message you posted on a forum has not been altered. And the best of these systems could trickle down into a way to confirm that a ballot you cast on an electronic voting machine has not been tampered with.
27. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by squiggleslash · 2016-12-12 10:07 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  if you have to wonder with every post if it's going to be altered or hidden or deleted
  
  Indeed on the first of those three (given they've been hiding and deleting posts for the entire time Reddit has existed, to what extent does that weigh on the mind of any Redditor?)
  Now, now many Redditors are actually wondering if their posts are going to be altered? Any?
  The circumstances /u/spez altered posts with were exceptional. It may not have been right to alter them (the correct response would have been to delete them and ban the posters) but no sane person would be expecting their own posts to be similarly altered unless they were in the same ballpark.
  So, no, I'm not worried that /u/spez is about to edit any of my posts. No sane person is - no sane person who isn't accusing him of pedophilia, at any rate.
  
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28. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by AmiMoJo · 2016-12-12 10:16 · Score: 1
  
  Did people really think that Reddit staff couldn't edit posts?
  How would that even work? How would your proposal work, from a technical perspective? Seems impossible to not have admins with full access to the database.
  
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29. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by thebullshitpatrol · 2016-12-12 10:17 · Score: 1
  
  Apparently reddit is the only place on the internet where there are normal humans with access to the website's databases and backend APIs.
30. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:33 · Score: 0
  
  Yep. The only real response in this thread that answered the dang question was removed because the mods couldn't handle that someone they didn't like got gilded. Screw the r/linux mods.
31. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:34 · Score: 0
  
  I agree, I will now leave reddit, I think the mods are still doing stuff like this in other forums, I'm looking at you r/ontario
32. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:48 · Score: 0
  
  Do you even nerd? If you did you would know that everything short of USENET has a backend that allows for these things you wonder about.
33. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 11:06 · Score: 0
  
  If making relatively minor edits to a few inconsequential posts insulting him, then admitting it and repeatedly apologising and swearing he will never do it again isn't enough, then maybe it's not worth trying to regain the trust of people who feel that way.
  I await your proof that, out of the billions of other posts, those were the only posts that were edited.
34. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 11:12 · Score: 0
  
  Ignorant of information security or accounting best practices? Separation of duties, responsibility rotation, and principle of least privilege is elementary knowledge that solves your quandary.
  A secure information environment is never a hierarchy where those at the top have unlimited control.
35. Re: Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 11:15 · Score: 0
  
  This. Plus he is a liar.
  If he is so sorry about it then why:
  -is he not letting right wing sub stickies reach the front page?
  -is he only letting one item from the-donald on the front page at a time despite its ranking
  He has basically systematically and secretly implemented a political bias on the site. He in particular has some sort of weird vandetta against trump supporters. All of this started only after trump won, which is what makes it even more stupid.
36. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Gr8Apes · 2016-12-12 11:17 · Score: 1
  
  I kind of miss the days of the paranoid tin-foil hats
  
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37. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 11:19 · Score: 0
  
  It's endemic and deliberately instilled by our indoctrination system.
38. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Gr8Apes · 2016-12-12 11:21 · Score: 1
  
  If we're lucky, this will kick off a wave of forum sites coming up with clever hash systems allowing you to confirm that the message you posted on a forum has not been altered. And the best of these systems could trickle down into a way to confirm that a ballot you cast on an electronic voting machine has not been tampered with.
  Digital signatures have existed as a publicly available component since Zimmerman's release of PGP back in... 92? No need to reinvent anything that already exists but multi-client support is not seamless at this stage, which probably kills it for many.
  
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39. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by omibus · 2016-12-12 11:35 · Score: 1
  
  Which is most "adults" today.
  
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40. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by mrchaotica · 2016-12-12 11:48 · Score: 1
  
  In the long term, the only real way to deal with this is for people to sign their posts with public-key encryption.
  Of course, even then you can only detect tampering, not outright censorship/deletion. The only way to fix that is by moving back to a decentralized system out of the control of any particular person, like Usenet.
  
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41. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by blogagog · 2016-12-12 11:53 · Score: 1
  
  He did not admit that he made the edits. He was busted talking about it with friends.
42. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:02 · Score: 0
  
  These were the ones he was caught editing.
43. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:14 · Score: 0
  
  He could stop censoring "The_Donald" subreddit and enforce all reddit rules equally on subreddits he likes and dislikes.
44. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by orlanz · 2016-12-12 12:17 · Score: 1
  
  Are you actually being serious? They are online posts! These aren't someone's Doctoral thesis. They are random opinions and discussions of random people around the world in a public setting behind user IDs. People actually believe that a private company's staff doesn't have the ability to edit the content generated by the users of their services?
  What are you going to do, have a private/public key for every account and have it signed for each and every post. Each user has a browser plugin wasting computing cycles retrieving and decrypting every post. ALL so that we can prevent the company that hosts the posts from editing them?
  Come on, this isn't serious stuff. Yes, it was shit of him to do that and he lost people's trust. He will need to work to get that back. But nothing on most website's warrant the level of controls & reprimand you describe. Yes, have a policy. I would be surprised if there isn't one already. And terminate depending on the level of violation. But beyond that, there is nothing here to get panties all twisted. The guy apologized multiple times and the damage was undone.... move on.
45. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by iMadeGhostzilla · 2016-12-12 12:20 · Score: 1
  
  I don't but I have no reason to suspect, yet. Redditers clearly do. It's that doubt that kills the motivation. If we ever get a proof that it happens here, I'll probably never post again.
46. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by orlanz · 2016-12-12 12:22 · Score: 1
  
  I have audited many companies... and I think I have come across maybe 2 that do that to the level you describe. The others... just get shit done.
  And here, we are talking about POSTS on a random website.... not the NYSE. My professor had a saying: "Don't waste dollars chasing pennies."
47. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:23 · Score: 0
  
  Well, reddit is not going to survive if he lets /r/The_Donald and /r/pizzagate spam their shit all the time so he is kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place.
  Either he goes the route of censoring asshole or he can watch more and more people leave reddit until only the alt-rights circlejerk-bots are left.
  He can't win this game so he might just as well do WTF he wants.
48. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:28 · Score: 0
  
  It's not minor if you have to wonder with every post if it's going to be altered or hidden or deleted, you'd just take your time elsewhere. E.g. if it were happening here, I wouldn't bother posting.
  How do you know it isn't happening here?
  It is trivial to set up a "shadow" system so that only you see your post unaltered and everyone else sees something else.
  In a way I feel it was good that this was done by someone willing to own up to it.
  It should be an eye-opener for everyone that it can happen everywhere but with entities that won't admit that they altered the posts.
  It also shows why it is necessary for leaks to be released in complete and unaltered form. If sensitive data is cut away you might just as well fabricate the entire leak since it won't be possible to check the leak for consistency if it is altered.
49. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:32 · Score: 0
  
  When did you last verify the implementation you are using?
  Do you expect every voter to disassemble the code to make sure that a proper signature is used?
50. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by slashdot_commentator · 2016-12-12 12:46 · Score: 2
  
  Just curious, why do you think so many gummint officials want Snowden dead since only "conspiracy theorists" believe the NSA actually spies on every American citizen?
  
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51. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by slashdot_commentator · 2016-12-12 12:49 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  There's no point in pushing for an electronic voting machine when optical machines are superior, because they leave a paper trail. Granted higher costs in managing paper ballots are unavoidable, but I prefer that to an electronically rigged election.
  
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52. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by fizzup · 2016-12-12 12:50 · Score: 1
  
  Digital signatures on every post would work. It would make the site harder to use though, since you would have to share your private key with every machine you post from (even your phone) and it's not easy to implement it in a browser. Not great, but maybe it doesn't quite meet the "impossible" label.
53. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by LeftCoastThinker · 2016-12-12 12:52 · Score: 1
  
  It may have been dollars chasing pennies prior to this SNAFU. However, at this point, you truly have a risk of losing a large portion of your users, which is big dollars, not pennies. This could have been avoided altogether by professional behavior and company wide rules.
  
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54. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by slashdot_commentator · 2016-12-12 12:54 · Score: 2
  
  You are a fool, or a clever public media spin doctor. No one thinks /u/spez is going to modify their posts. But they are totally aware that government or corporate psy ops departments are capable of modifying or burying their posted speech, in order to manipulate a public consensus. That's why no one believes a corporate product forum when its known they delete negative statements against a product or the company. Tough luck reddit shareholders.
  
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55. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by LeftCoastThinker · 2016-12-12 12:55 · Score: 1
  
  Your system admins can obviously still edit posts, but notice that it is against company policy and a firing offense. That's maybe 5 employees? Outside of admins, all other employees, including the executives, shouldn't even have this ability in their login privileges.
  
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56. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by slashdot_commentator · 2016-12-12 12:57 · Score: 1
  
  I think its what makes it enjoyable. Irony is entertaining.
  
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57. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:58 · Score: 0
  
  Huffman wasn't trying to "do the world a favor." Read the article he's apologizing for his behavior in. He basically says that he did it because he "knew" that he had the power to; essentially, he was in a position to abuse his power and he did it, because he felt like it and nobody could stop him. That isn't doing the world a favor. That's giving the world the finger, then expecting them to still like your company afterwards.
  Don't be an apologist for a corrupt CEO. Corrupt CEOs don't need apologists, they have plenty of lawyers to clean up their mistakes.
58. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 13:04 · Score: 0
  
  If they are FSAB, PCI DSS, HIPAA, or DoD compliant, then all those factors are in place. I do not, nor anyone should believe the claim that lawful compliance is so incredibly rare, that nearly every accountant in the country, every infosec professional, every healthcare professional, and every DoD manager are felons. From pharmacists to DBA's, narry a one isn't a psychopath breaking the law.
  Absurd to say that the most basic of due care is nearly unheard of and dismissing your most basic responsibilities is equal to "just get shit done".
  Either you are lying about doing security or accounting audits, or you are incompetent at security or accounting audits.
59. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by yuriklastalov · 2016-12-12 13:08 · Score: 1
  
  Neither were the people who had their posts edited, they were just your basic /r/the_donald "cuck-a-doodle-doo" shitposters.
60. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Orgasmatron · 2016-12-12 13:11 · Score: 2
  
  Not minor edits, and not a prank.
  He did this to a thread linked up by a big newspaper article that drew lots of attention. He specifically edited posts that many people were going to see, and he edited them to make them look like the users of The_Donald hated the mods of The_Donald and thought they were crazy.
  This was not him blowing off steam. This was not a harmless prank. This was a calculated and planned attempt to discredit, divide and slander a large group with political opinions that he doesn't like.
  
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61. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by yuriklastalov · 2016-12-12 13:18 · Score: 2
  
  What? If anything the paranoia is spreading. Apparently you haven't seen all the left-leaning conspiritard bullshit everywhere. You know, "Donald Trump is going to put Muslims into internment camps", "Donald Trump is basically Hitler", "Donald Trump is a Russian agent", etc, etc.
  The left likes to scoff at the uneducated idiots on the right with their fake news and conspiracy theories, but a growing number of the "educated liberal elite" are succumbing to the same paranoid thinking as the rednecks they love to hate. You can go right ahead and think your precious college education prevents you from that kind of thinking, but it doesn't. Humans of all sorts take to paranoia and conspiracy theories like a duck to water, it's endemic to human thought.
  So you don't think Global Warming is a Chinese hoax, good for you! Now go right on talking about how the Republicans are evil incarnate and are working to start the American version of the Taliban, how they all (to a man!) hate black people and minorities of all sorts (apparently even those Republicans who are minorities themselves, they do exist), and of course that perennial favorite, the Patriarchy: the vast conspiracy of straight white men who have worked tirelessly to keep women and minorities wriggling in the dirt since the dawn of history.
  I suppose when "reality has a left-wing bias" it's not conspiracy theories anymore, is that it?
62. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 13:30 · Score: 0
  
  Yeah i mean your bank CEO only edted a couple numbers. What difference does it make? You should trust them.
  GTFO with your submissive consumer shit...
63. Re: Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 13:47 · Score: 0
  
  Except that you have no fucking idea what else he edited.
  Maybe he hates Bernie Sanders, and subtly modified posts to sound a little racist? Or maybe he hates black people and regularly changes the posts of prominent Blacks months later to introduce spelling errors, making them appear less educated?
  You are a fucking moron if you can't see the massive problem with this.
64. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 14:13 · Score: 0
  
  Promise?
65. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by PatientZero · 2016-12-12 14:21 · Score: 1, Insightful
  
  and of course that perennial favorite, the Patriarchy: the vast conspiracy of straight white men who have worked tirelessly to keep women and minorities wriggling in the dirt since the dawn of history.
  I like how you listed a bunch of non-issue conspiracies that only the craziest of crazies on the left actually believe (as opposed to being bombastic) and then neatly conclude that racism and sexism don't exist and never have.
  "UFOs, trans-dimensional beings, Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster, satellites—utter nonsense!"
  
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  I guess the War on Terror really is about freedom!
66. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 15:00 · Score: 0
  
  > He's opened people's eyes to the possibility that this type of behind-the-curtain manipulation can happen
  It has been happening since forums existed. Putting any faith in the content is a mistake, regardless of any situation (head of company resigns, TOS, whatever). Grow up.
67. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 15:06 · Score: 0
  
  The Patriarchy != "every single sexism and racism evar."
68. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by I'm+New+Around+Here · 2016-12-12 15:49 · Score: 1
  
  Every time I post anonymously, I click the link to that comment, open it in a new tab, and then bookmark it. That way I can easily see if someone responds to it. I haven't had one of those posts disappear yet.
  
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69. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 16:10 · Score: 0
  
  Oh yeah! Saying the patriarchy doesn't exist is TOTALLY concluding that racism and sexism don't exist!
  Sorry, but I think your brains are hanging out.
70. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Waccoon · 2016-12-12 16:10 · Score: 1
  
  ...making relatively minor edits to a few inconsequential posts insulting him...
  ...is unethical, let alone a "prank."
71. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Ksevio · 2016-12-12 16:19 · Score: 1
  
  Alternatively, he could just delete /The_Donald and all the people that are angry about it would leave in protest. Really would kill two birds with one stone.
72. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 16:32 · Score: 0
  
  Voat might as well be stormfront with the amount of white supremacist stuff overtaking everything else.
73. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 17:22 · Score: 0
  
  >It's okay if 4chan does word filters and champion themselves as free-speech crusaders when they pull the same shit too yet don't offer their source code like reddit does!
74. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by AthanasiusKircher · 2016-12-12 17:44 · Score: 1
  
  You do realize you're talking about the internet, right? Anybody can be hiding behind a pseudonym, and pseudonyms can always be hacked or hijacked. While I'm not at all defending the actions here of editing posts, having blind trust anywhere that a pseudonymous forum is conveying "truth" or co nsistency in sources or whatever is always dicey.
75. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 17:53 · Score: 0
  
  >it's ok if 4chan does it!
76. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Dutch+Gun · 2016-12-12 18:24 · Score: 1
  
  Yes, it was shit of him to do that and he lost people's trust. He will need to work to get that back. But nothing on most website's warrant the level of controls & reprimand you describe. Yes, have a policy. I would be surprised if there isn't one already. And terminate depending on the level of violation. But beyond that, there is nothing here to get panties all twisted. The guy apologized multiple times and the damage was undone.... move on.
  For what he earns as CEO, not tampering with users posts seems like absolute minimal behavior. From my perspective, the issue isn't so much about what he did. The real issue is the appallingly poor judgment he showed in personally committing actions that undermined public trust in the sole product his company creates.
  Is that a firing offense? How about putting it another way: Do you think a low-level staffer would get fired over something like this?
  
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77. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 18:56 · Score: 0
  
  He "admitted" it after he got caught for doing it. And he has been caught (and "admitted") doing the exact same thing before with posts and even submissions and titles.
78. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by adolf · 2016-12-12 19:35 · Score: 1
  
  Of course it can be done: It is simple plaintext in some manner of database, and /u/spez (being both CEO and having half a technological clue) can run amok.*
  The only way around this is to cryptographically sign your messages.
  If this were still the 90s, we'd be talking about that amongst all our other talk about RSA, patents, and encryption export bans. Alas, the only signed messages I ever see these days on a normal basis are on the gentoo-security mailing list, because we've generally forgotten just how nifty and awesome PGP-ish signing can be.
  *: I've done similar things on my BBS...when I was 12. I skewed the odds in the online games I hosted, I snooped on presumably-private email, and I subtly changed public messages to suit my whimsy. I listened to 49MHz cordless phones with my scanner, and I purposefully interfered^H^H^H^H^Hacted with my neighbor's RF-over-powerline intercom system.
  I don't do that sort of thing anymore because I found it all very boring even at the time, but also because I've grown to value privacy and sanctity in communications. A few years after that was I was running proper (for the time) paid-for mail and news servers on teh Intarwebs, and never once went poking at the mail spools, and never wanted to: Not my fucking business. I'm not 12 anymore. /u/spez, meanwhile....
  
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79. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by adolf · 2016-12-12 19:50 · Score: 1
  
  My current boss goes on passionate and persuasive mini-rants about integrity, personal responsibility, and mutual respect.
  He's also a convicted felon. Insurance fraud, before my tenure there.
  tl;dr. Bosses are humans, too, and he's incidentally the best boss I've ever had.
  
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80. Re: Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 20:00 · Score: 0
  
  if a local newspaper changed readers letters content, there would be hell to pay.
  nothing different. they should just have edited pizzagate front page to say that it's a hoax.
81. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 20:03 · Score: 0
  
  It's called a cryptographic signature, and if you really, really, really want to implement it in a transparent way on a message board, you can.
82. Re: Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 20:33 · Score: 0
  
  how would you implement an uneditable database?
  at the very least it would need some crypto keys stored on users machines, throwing it being a web solution out.
83. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 20:42 · Score: 0
  
  It could be happening on any site on the internet and you would never know. What the CEO did was extremely immature and I could even see losing him losing his job, but there was nothing subtle about it and he admitted it. There's no conspiracy. Again, every site on the internet can have posts edited without you knowing. This was more like a prank, not much different than if they added an automatic replacement filter for April Fools.
84. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 20:44 · Score: 0
  
  The real problem is the fact that you think there are sites on the internet (other than maybe a handful of tiny security community forums) that don't allow admins to edit posts.
85. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 20:51 · Score: 0
  
  It's not really worth trying to regain trust for the individual, but it's absolutely necessary for the company/business/etc. And if Reddit has a CEO then it counts as a company.
  It should be common sense not to go secretly editing what people say just because you can and because you don't agree with what's being said. From that point on, no matter what you read on that site you'll now have to take a step back and question if that's what the poster actually said. Or if someone on the staff changed it. I'd never visit the site again, and I wouldn't bother telling them I'm leaving. I'd be that disgusted with them.
86. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 20:54 · Score: 0
  
  Caught red-handed? What he did wasn't subtle at all. He knew people would catch it and know something was up. He just didn't expect it to blow up the way it did, because he didn't realize how insane many redditors are.
87. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 21:11 · Score: 0
  
  That was my first thought upon reading OP's post too. Huffmann may have actually done the world a favor. He's opened people's eyes to the possibility that this type of behind-the-curtain manipulation can happen; something the tech community has been trying for years without success to warn the general public about
  Nah, if it really mattered Snowden would have made an issue of it. That's how we knew Hillary's home email server didn't matter.
88. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 21:35 · Score: 0
  
  Yeah, honestly, if 2016 has taught me anything is that I really don't give a shit about the whines of far-righters. They've managed to fuck the world up enough by lying all year long, so if someone else is manipulating shit back? You reap what you sow bitches, if you don't like it you should've used your freedom of speech responsibly, to argue your case without resorting to lies and populism.
  Honestly, I view this guy as a hero for having the balls to play them at their own game of bullshit which few people seem to be willing to do. I sure as hell don't see what he did as a problem, the only people bitching are those far-righters who got beat at their own game.
89. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 22:32 · Score: 0
  
  A) there are already ways to have verified electronic voting, try Googling it, but
  B) the Robinson method of voting is far superior, MUCH cheaper, MUCH faster (instant results after the final ballot is cast - within a couple of minutes tops), and cannot be 'hacked'.
  http://www.paul-robinson.us/index.php/2008/10/25/the_robinson_method_a_really_simple_way_?blog=5
90. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 22:33 · Score: 0
  
  Sure, a wee edit here and there is okay. It's harmless. It's just a bit of fun. Until he decides that someone deserves a bit of drama in their life. "Mr. Shitposter, come into my office please. Can you explain why this comment, under your username, with no edit mark, has you claiming the holocaust was a hoax?"
  Yes I'm aware of the slippery slope fallacy but this is a very real possibility.
91. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 22:53 · Score: 0
  
  There is coming back from this. He will be there a year from now, Reddit will continue to grow.
92. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 22:58 · Score: 0
  
  Where are you getting this mis-information from? Source or made up in your head?
93. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 23:06 · Score: 0
  
  Yes they were minor, he only changed the names. Calling it a "prank" is a bit of spin, clearly not a joke... just a bad use of exercising power. Not bold word worthy.
94. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 23:08 · Score: 0
  
  You don't own your posts on any social media in any way. This should be clarified in your mind, because until it is, it'll never be "fixed".
  Basics.
95. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by TheReaperD · 2016-12-13 00:01 · Score: 1
  
  We, the users, have the ability to flag your posts for removal. Enough of us flag it and it's gone; no moderator required. Now, I don't know this for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised, if the threshold to remove a post from an anonymous user is lower than removing a post from a registered user with a positive karma score.
  
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96. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Maritz · 2016-12-13 00:32 · Score: 1
  
  And if you claimed the NSA was editing every message from every citizen without anyone knowing, you'd still get laughed at. And deservedly so.
  
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  I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
97. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by bentcd · 2016-12-13 01:01 · Score: 1
  
  If we're lucky, this will kick off a wave of forum sites coming up with clever hash systems allowing you to confirm that the message you posted on a forum has not been altered.
  Easy. Just put reddit on the blockchain.
  
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98. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 02:26 · Score: 0
  
  You mean, it was not a hoax?
  And the chimney, that the russians built there after the war had ended, the one they did built so that it not even had the connection to the "ovens", is also in working order?
99. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 02:31 · Score: 0
  
  Monay is really worthless in situation like this, he knows this really well.
  He should pay with his own life-time.
  Resignation and no work no more ...
100. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Gr8Apes · 2016-12-13 02:36 · Score: 1
  
  My goodness, it seems someone opened their can of paranoid conspiracy theories and hit the jackpot!
  The obvious reference (paranoid tin-foil hats) is to people that just absolutely were convinced that the government was spying on everything they do. News flash, they weren't paranoid since that's exactly what was happening. I also happened to know that wasn't paranoia because I knew they have been monitoring the internet for a very very long time. And no, that wasn't because I was one of the monitors.
  As to references to Trump being like Hitler are based on his activities during the campaign with emotional appeals to being wronged, making the fatherland great again, complete disregard for facts even at times when they supported him because they would mute his message's appeal with too much information. It very much was like the campaign run by Hitler and Goebbels from the late 1920s onwards.
  Just because someone doesn't like Trump doesn't mean they're pro Hillary, dems, or a liberal. Your black and white, us vs them world view is a huge part of the current problem.
  
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101. Re: Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 02:40 · Score: 0
  
  No, it is not stupid.
  It is a calculated and dedicated work to silence all the "independent voices".
  It is the thing that is written in the Protocols.
  Protocol XII Control of the Press
102. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 02:42 · Score: 0
  
  Yep. The only real response in this thread that answered the dang question was removed because the mods couldn't handle that someone they didn't like got gilded. Screw the r/linux mods.
  GP here. That's a subreddit issue, which is unfortunate. But, the admins appear to be picking winners and losers on a regular basis in the major front-page subreddits like r/news and r/politics. Full-site shadowbans, they say, can only be done by admins.
103. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 02:43 · Score: 0
  
  Absolutely! I too, just like you, am a moron who thinks up is down and left is right. A company in the business of being an intermediary for p2p communication should definitely always edit, insert, and delete their users content. It's good for them (the gullible patsies...er... users) to learn that no one can be trusted. I'm agreeing totally that not one single user had any idea that their posts could be manipulated, and of course each and every one of them would be surprised to learn that some control freak who couldn't keep it in his pants suffered no career consequences for his blatant abuses. You know, its just like the guys who rape women (or children, or men) - as long as they apologize, there shouldn't be any negative consequences - after all, they did their victims a favor by showing them that they are vulnerable. moron.
104. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 03:23 · Score: 0
  
  The concern is not whether it "is" editing, but "is capable of".
105. Re: Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 04:02 · Score: 0
  
  Agreed.
  Do the wrong thing, then try to lie your way out of it. No way to restore trust.
106. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by crtreece · 2016-12-13 04:10 · Score: 1
  
  What would be really interesting to see going forward is a forum with cryptographic signing built into the to the base functionality of a forum. This would give both the poster, and the readers, a way to verify the integrity of the message. The downside (but not really) is that editing would be more difficult, but I could live without an edit function. Maybe that would force a little more thought before hitting the submit button, like it does here on /. A bigger issue might be the loss of anonymity that would come along with that, but you are already not anonymous to a state level actor and probably a few multinational corporate entities.
  
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107. Re: Only Fixed by Resigning by orgelspieler · 2016-12-13 06:25 · Score: 1
  
  Actually, editors do make changes to letters from readers. Normally it is due to space constraints, or in an effort to make the letter writer not appear to be a complete idiot.
108. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 07:06 · Score: 0
  
  Yep. Resign you asshole. Stick to keeping the site running and don't poke your nose in the content.
109. Re: Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 09:20 · Score: 0
  
  Then you best get off the Internet. You have zero control over what goes on in their server.
110. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 09:53 · Score: 0
  
  The SJWs started the "fire them for any little thing I hate." Just ask Brandon Eich, among others. Brandon was run out of the Mozilla foundation for giving to a ballot initiative. Now people are arguing that Steve Huffman shouldn't have to leave Reddit over gross malfeasance. The SJWs made the rules and now cry when the other side uses them.
111. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by TWX · 2016-12-13 12:15 · Score: 1
  
  I spent a few months on Reddit because so many other narrow-focus forums were dying. Unfortunately what initially looks like a strength of Reddit's, the fact that one can participate in discussions in multiple different disciplines or areas of interest, is also its weakness when people get malevolent.
  
  Frankly, it's far too easy for someone that takes offense to one's comments in a specific discussion to harass them in all other subforums including those in which the offended party otherwise has no interest at all. Throw in the ability of partisan behavior, where whole groups of people decide that other groups of people are the problem, and you end up with the equivalent of digital raiding parties storming each others strongholds of opinion to intentionally disrupt discourse solely to attempt to deny that area for that discussion.
  
  It was bad enough already, but I'd used the site less than a year before the 2016 political season came into full swing. They cranked it up to eleven and the site became almost unusable.
  
  I can sympathize with moderators and admins of forums, as I've moderated forums myself over the years, but Reddit was the first that I saw that took to tactics like shadow-banning on a massive scale, and where punishments were made secret, and where there was basically no accounting for if moderators made bad choices. For single-purpose forums usually the moderators give warnings, then give temporary bans that the user can't readily ignore, then drop the ban-hammer in earnest, but on Reddit there seemed to be no consistency, no established set of procedures to lead to disciplinary action.
  
  Reddit is not the first attempt at general-purpose forums for all topics, there have been web-based attempts in the past, plus Usenet and even Fidonet message bases and private forums on AOL and Compuserve and Prodigy, but they all have the same problem that if they get large enough to be popular then they inevitably collapse under their own weight. Too many people feel that the whole medium should cater to their views and should not tolerate competing views, and that makes makes the whole thing come apart when they try to enforce that attitude.
  
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112. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by TWX · 2016-12-13 12:20 · Score: 1
  
  Today?
  
  You think this is somehow different than it has been in the past?
  
  The children now love luxury; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are tyrants, not servants of the households. They no longer rise when their elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize over their teachers.
  This quote is attributed to Socrates by Plato. Like, ~2300 years ago Socrates and Plato.
  
  Youth don't want to hear about what older people think even though experience has tempered many older people and they might have something useful to say. Older people forget that when they were young they didn't want to hear what older people had to say, and they had to attain their knowledge the hard way, through experience and misadventure.
  
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113. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Agripa · 2016-12-13 12:20 · Score: 1
  
  If making relatively minor edits to a few inconsequential posts insulting him, then admitting it and repeatedly apologising and swearing he will never do it again isn't enough, then maybe it's not worth trying to regain the trust of people who feel that way.
  When a government agency or civilian equivalent investigates an employee for malfeasance publicly and then find that they are actually innocent, they fire them or effectively fire them anyway because they know that their formerly loyal employee will no longer trust them and therefor cannot be trusted.
  What Steve Huffman says may or may not be true but it is irrelevant. He cannot be trusted. Fire him. That he got away with this means Reddit cannot be trusted either. Fire Reddit.
114. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 12:37 · Score: 0
  
  No. I don't care if he leaves. Trust can only be rebuilt if they implement a non-repudiation system to make sure that posts cannot be edited without an auditable trail, and this trail is transparent towards users.
115. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by iMadeGhostzilla · 2016-12-13 14:14 · Score: 1
  
  Every post that *could* be altered. It's the matter of principle -- if you know it happens at all then you know it might happen to the post you're typing right now, and when this constant doubt is present in your mind, no matter how weak, the mood for posting is killed and you go somewhere else.
116. Re:Only Fixed by Resigning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-16 12:48 · Score: 0
  
  I hear this a lot. But I totally disagree. When is the last time you were able to check directly from a national list that your vote is in that list, that it has been counted in the totals (or was not spoiled) and that it was counted for the person you intended to elect?
  People act like paper is the greatest, but electronics is far more secure and could provide you with the ability to take an anonymous list of all votes and verify which one was yours. That is what I want. And paper cannot do it.
Lucky he is CEO. by PlusFiveTroll · 2016-12-12 08:52 · Score: 5, Insightful

If I did this as an employee, I'd be fired on the spot.
1. Re:Lucky he is CEO. by zoloto · 2016-12-12 09:54 · Score: 1
  
  can you imagine if Commander Taco did this back in the day? We'd have had his head on a virtual pike. I wonder if Mr. Malda (https://twitter.com/cmdrtaco) would care to comment.
2. Re:Lucky he is CEO. by SirSlud · 2016-12-12 09:57 · Score: 0
  
  Yes, senior people higher on the org chart are not disciplined the same as lower level employees for the same infractions. It boggles my mind that you'd think that they even *should* be.
  "Oh hey, we let go of our CEO today for stealing $10 from the till at one of our stores, because that's what we'd do with a minimum wage front like service worker."
  Some employees are more interchangeable than others. Sometimes firing a higher level employee is actually worse for the company than not firing them, even if it's for something a minimum wage employee would have been fired for.
  Ya gotta be pretty naive to think everyone *should* be held to the exact same standards across the board in an organization.
  
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3. Re:Lucky he is CEO. by Penguinisto · 2016-12-12 10:08 · Score: 1
  
  Depends on the infraction. Pretty sure that a CEO would be punished for doing something illegal with a child just as much as the janitor would...
  In this case though, actively nuking a company's reputation from orbit (which is what he did) is more than plenty of reason needed to fire the CEO.
  
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4. Re:Lucky he is CEO. by AuMatar · 2016-12-12 11:56 · Score: 2
  
  THis is actively worse coming from the CEO. If a low level admin did this, he'd be fired, the CEO would appologize and they'd think of procedures to prevent it from happening again, and it would blow over failrly quickly. Nobody would mistake it for something the company thought was ok.
  The face that the CEO thought this was a good idea means that their entire company culture is one that accepts this. That destroys trust. We have no reason to believe he won't do it again in the future, or perform other more subtle forms of censorship.
  
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5. Re:Lucky he is CEO. by 110010001000 · 2016-12-12 12:41 · Score: 1
  
  Uh, if your CEO is stealing $10 you probably should get rid of him. What kind of person steals ANY amount of money?
6. Re:Lucky he is CEO. by lgw · 2016-12-12 13:47 · Score: 1
  
  Funny, I thought that was the primary job duty of the CEO: to pick the pockets of investors. A CEO is primarily a salesman, and what good is an honest salesman?
  
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7. Re: Lucky he is CEO. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 13:53 · Score: 0
  
  Black people.
8. Re:Lucky he is CEO. by 0100010001010011 · 2016-12-12 16:33 · Score: 1
  
  CEO would be punished for doing something illegal with a child
  Unless you're a Dupont.
9. Re:Lucky he is CEO. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 00:28 · Score: 0
  
  If I did this as an employee, I'd be fired on the spot.
  Which suggests he should resign. Hold himself to the same standards as the employees. A good CEO sets the standards for the company and then exemplifies those standards by living them day to day. He should be gone.
10. Re:Lucky he is CEO. by kuzb · 2016-12-13 02:37 · Score: 1
  
  All anyone has to do to see the double standard is look at Theranos. How is that dumb bitch still in charge? How is she not in jail? How is that company even still active?
  
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too late by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 08:52 · Score: 2, Informative

everybody head on over to voat. reddit sucks. reddit's the new digg
1. Re:too late by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:50 · Score: 0
  
  Voat sucks donkey balls. Try it for day and I'm sure you will agree.
2. Re:too late by slashdot_commentator · 2016-12-12 13:00 · Score: 1
  
  I like the new digg. Not so sure about reddit anymore.
  
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Glad he did it by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 08:53 · Score: 0

The people on that crap sub were harassing him and others relentlessly. I could care less what happens to them.
1. Re: Glad he did it by murphtall · 2016-12-12 08:56 · Score: 2
  
  You could care less? Well then, why don't you?
2. Re:Glad he did it by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:07 · Score: 0
  
  Yeah, the "fuk u /u/spez!!" comments were just relentless.
3. Re:Glad he did it by kuzb · 2016-12-13 02:39 · Score: 1
  
  ...and earned....
  
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4. Re:Glad he did it by Maritz · 2016-12-13 04:41 · Score: 1
  
  I could care less what happens to them.
  Unless you live in opposite land, please fight the stupid and say "couldn't care less", because that is what you actually fucking mean.
  
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5. Re: Glad he did it by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 05:28 · Score: 0
  
  For all intensive purposes, saying that he could care less and that he couldn't care less have become one in the same sayings.
Avoid banana republic thinking by magarity · 2016-12-12 08:55 · Score: 4, Insightful

People who disagree with your political position are not "bullies" that you need to do something like this just because you have the capability. This thinking leads to single party police states.
1. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by irving47 · 2016-12-12 09:03 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  He did this to people calling him a pedophile, not people he discovered that voted the way he didn't want.
  
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2. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by ClickOnThis · 2016-12-12 09:06 · Score: 1, Interesting
  
  People who disagree with your political position are not "bullies" that you need to do something like this just because you have the capability.
  What about Slashdot moderators who down-mod insightful, civil, fact-based posts as "Troll" just because they disagree with them?
  
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3. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by iMadeGhostzilla · 2016-12-12 09:14 · Score: 2
  
  That's different. The rules of what happens to your posts are clear and known to all.
4. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by ClickOnThis · 2016-12-12 09:17 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  My point is that moderators who abuse their power and don't follow moderator guidelines are acting like the "bullies" the OP mentions.
  
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5. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:17 · Score: 1
  
  Are they also changing the contents of posts?
6. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by ClickOnThis · 2016-12-12 09:20 · Score: 0
  
  My point is that moderators who abuse their power and don't follow moderator guidelines are acting like the "bullies" the OP mentions.
  Seconds after I posted this, it got modded "Troll."
  Thanks moderator, for proving my point.
  
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7. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by OhPlz · 2016-12-12 09:23 · Score: 1
  
  Not a good point because that behavior does drive people away. Presumably meta-moderation is supposed to counter that type of behavior, but I do wonder how many people ever take the time to do so.
8. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:39 · Score: 1
  
  I love a pedophile, not people he discovered that took pictures of kids the way he didn't want.
  Oh now I did it to you!
  As long as it is not about politics it's ok right?
9. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by 0100010001010011 · 2016-12-12 09:49 · Score: 1
  
  It doesn't matter what they called him. He demonstrated that Reddit Admins/CEOs have editorial control over the content posted on their website.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....
  
  The court held that although CompuServe did host defamatory content on its forums, CompuServe was merely a distributor, rather than a publisher, of the content. As a distributor, CompuServe could only be held liable for defamation if it knew, or had reason to know, of the defamatory nature of the content.
  
  The court held that "CompuServe has no more editorial control over such a publication than does a public library, book store, or newsstand, and it would be no more feasible for CompuServe to examine every publication it carries for potentially defamatory statements than it would be for any other distributor to do so."
10. Re: Avoid banana republic thinking by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:50 · Score: 0
  
  And maybe they're right about him being a pedophile. If anyone on reddit exposed him, he's likely to have removed or edited the evidence.
11. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by penandpaper · 2016-12-12 09:54 · Score: 2
  
  Your post is still there, intact, and without edits. Even if every moderator trolled your posts to -2 would not change the fact your post will be there, intact, and without edits for anyone curious enough to look. There is a difference between an employee doing this without procedure and oversight that is unknown to users compared to a user moderation system that does not delete or change posts. /. moderation isn't perfect but it doesn't change what you post. I don't get how that type of moderation (it isn't bullying by any measure of the definition) is anywhere near comparable to what reddit (Huffman) did.
  I would mod you troll to for using "bullies" to describe /. moderation too because that is bullshit and you know it.
12. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by aristotheron · 2016-12-12 09:59 · Score: 1
  
  People who disagree with your political position are not "bullies" that you need to do something like this just because you have the capability. This thinking leads to single party police states.
  Of course, of course.
  Just as long a their view are contained within the political spectrum I accept.
  Just as long as it isn't HATEFUL and BIGOTED.
  
  This thinking leads to single party police states.
  Correction: This thinking already resulted in a single party police state
13. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:12 · Score: 0
  
  My point is that moderators who abuse their power and don't follow moderator guidelines are acting like the "bullies" the OP mentions.
  Seconds after I posted this, it got modded "Troll."
  Thanks moderator, for proving my point.
  And minutes later you were modded back up by a different moderator (me). I don't think your post was insightful or informative, but it's not certainly not trolling, so congratulations, you're "underrated". That's one of the good points about Slashdot: we have a self correcting moderation system. Moderators aren't allowed to post in threads they moderate (hence my ACness) to help keep some kind of fairness in play. Sure, we have idiots who use "flamebait" and "troll" as a synonym for "disagree," but we also have dedicated long time users who use their mod points to correct bad mods. In the end, it balances out.
  All the above said, it's ridiculous to compare an opinion on how valuable your post is with SILENTLY CHANGING ITS CONTENT. If a Slashdot editor takes a personal dislike to you, the worst they can do is push all your posts down to -1 (at which point they still say exactly what you wrote, and anyone can read them). The Reddit guy was actually capable of doing the same thing. Instead, he chose to exercise his power to make those posts say something else, which completely undermines the legitimacy of the platform. Still good for lolcat pics, useless for any meaningful conversation on anything remotely controversial.
14. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:14 · Score: 0
  
  Perhaps it's because many of your posts *are* trollish BS? Just because you believe something doesn't make it a fact, insightful, or civil.
15. Re: Avoid banana republic thinking by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:22 · Score: 0
  
  Good point. Being exposed as pedophile can be about the worst thing that can happen even if you never did anything wrong.
16. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:40 · Score: 0
  
  It doesn't matter what they called him. It totally does when the above poster was refuting that this was about politics (which it wasn't, it was about bullying). You've gone off on a completely different tangent. Please try to stay within what people are actually talking about. Thanks.
  Now, you're right. The CEO was an idiot and shouldn't have edited peoples comments.
17. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by wisnoskij · 2016-12-12 11:18 · Score: 1
  
  This. His speech portrays a very bad picture of himself. As the only one with any power, it is everyone else who are bullies, and he is just trying to do good.
  
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18. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by wisnoskij · 2016-12-12 11:20 · Score: 1
  
  Sure, but that is a case of bullies who have the exact some power of those they bully. It's two people with the same abilities having a row. Instead of Reddit's case of a bully squashing ants.
  
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19. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by mrbester · 2016-12-12 11:46 · Score: 1
  
  It got modded to Troll because of irony. That notwithstanding, you're still at positive points on that post as well as the preceding one. Plus there is such a thing as meta-moderation here. A low six digit uid holder should know how this site has always operated.
  
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20. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by mrbester · 2016-12-12 11:51 · Score: 1
  
  I've been invited to meta-moderate three times in all the years I've been here. That rarity of occurrence means I'm not likely to correct something that is ultimately inconsequential but concentrate on where it is really needed.
  
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21. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by mrchaotica · 2016-12-12 11:51 · Score: 1
  
  I don't think your post was insightful or informative, but it's not certainly not trolling, so congratulations, you're "underrated".
  I like it. I've always wanted to see a post modded "+5, Troll!"
  
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22. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by ClickOnThis · 2016-12-12 11:52 · Score: 1
  
  Are they also changing the contents of posts?
  No, but I suspect such moderators would if they could.
  The point is that some moderators abuse their power. Instead of using mod points to promote a healthy discussion, they use it to advance their own agendas. They shouldn't be modding, but for some reason it seems that far too many of them are.
  When I moderate, if I encounter a well-considered post that I disagree with, either I leave it alone, or moderate it "Interesting" if it seems worthy. I seldom use negative mod points, but when I do, it's for posts that contain poor or faulty arguments (which I would mod "Overrated") and for others that I think most would agree fit the mod-description ("Off-topic", "Flamebait", or "Troll".)
  As you can see from my UID, I have been on Slashdot for awhile. There have always been moderators who have abused the privilege, Meta-moderating helps to remove them, yet they persist. But in recent years, there seems to have been a dramatic increase in the number of abusive moderators on Slashdot.
  
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23. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by kencurry · 2016-12-12 13:11 · Score: 1
  
  Plus you can't mod a story that you've posted on, and you only can use one mod point on any particular post.
  
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24. Re: Avoid banana republic thinking by Xenographic · 2016-12-12 14:53 · Score: 1
  
  The claims were largely hyperbolic, out of anger that he'd ban pizzagate but he would not ban various allegedly pedo-related subs.
25. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 15:25 · Score: 0
  
  No, but I suspect
  'K, thanks, HAND.
26. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 15:52 · Score: 0
  
  No, but I suspect
  'K, thanks, HAND.
  Come on, use your head. You have seen what these moderators do with the modest amount of power they get. Do you seriously think they wouldn't use edit privileges if you gave it to them?
27. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by 0100010001010011 · 2016-12-12 16:36 · Score: 1
  
  Moderation is something Slashdot got right. Randomly selected and you can't both mod and comment. Plus it's capped at -2:5. Reddit gets a bit too carried away with band wagoning. Which made it hilarious to watch the Briana Wu AMA since their usual tactics didn't work.
28. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 03:17 · Score: 0
  
  You've completely missed the memo. There are new rules: If you don't follow the rules, there are no rules protecting you. If you tell the world, "I don't give a flying fuck about the rules, I'm gonna call anyone I want to a pedophile without a hint of evidence, I'm gonna blow up anyone I want to just to make a statement, and break any rule because the rules are protecting me", well guess what?
  Nobody is going to bother with following the protocol dealing with you.
29. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by phorm · 2016-12-13 04:15 · Score: 1
  
  The old adage about "two wrongs" comes to mind. Proper method would be to delete the post and/or ban the user.
  Kinda like "well, the cop beat that guy to a pulp but he was selling drugs to kids." Yeah, we don't want slime who peddle drugs to kids, but we don't want cops who beat people down either.
30. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by Maritz · 2016-12-13 04:44 · Score: 1
  
  Oh now I did it to you!
  As long as it is not about politics it's ok right?
  You're one person. He's talking about hundreds.
  You think one instance of a thing is the same as hundreds of instances of a thing. Pretty stupid.
  Funny how motivated reasoning is difficult to tell apart from rank idiocy.
  
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31. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by Maritz · 2016-12-13 04:48 · Score: 1
  
  Thanks moderator, for proving my point.
  You're on 4 - insightful. What d'you think that does to your point?
  
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32. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by ClickOnThis · 2016-12-13 07:15 · Score: 1
  
  Thanks moderator, for proving my point.
  You're on 4 - insightful. What d'you think that does to your point?
  It got modded up after I posted that. The down-mod is still there.
  
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33. Re:Avoid banana republic thinking by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-14 00:17 · Score: 0
  
  https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=91814&cid=7899512
  Close enough!
Poor CEO of Reddit by AvitarX · 2016-12-12 08:56 · Score: 1

Is he being picked on by bullies? poor little man.
His thin seems as thin as Trump's

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1. Re:Poor CEO of Reddit by fisted · 2016-12-12 09:16 · Score: 1
  
  His thin seems as skin as Trump's
  FTFY...
  
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2. Re:Poor CEO of Reddit by AvitarX · 2016-12-12 09:19 · Score: 1
  
  Almost, I think actually
  his skin seems as thin as Trump's...
  
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3. Re:Poor CEO of Reddit by fisted · 2016-12-12 09:29 · Score: 1
  
  Does it happen to you a lot that you find yourself almost actually thinking?
  
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4. Re:Poor CEO of Reddit by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:39 · Score: 0
  
  He edited posts that accused him of pedophilia.
  The correct and legal way to handle a situation like that is to sue the poster for libel and use the database to find the person and drag him/her to court.
  I suspect the one who did the posting prefers the action Steve took instead.
paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by iggymanz · 2016-12-12 08:56 · Score: 4, Insightful

We paying reddit users want his head on a pike; fire his ass
1. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:21 · Score: 0
  
  Before reading your post I actually wondered whether this Huffman character was suffering from paranoia. Now I am fairly certain that is he quite sane and that it's people like you who react with fantasies of torture and death to a misuse of power by a CEO who are the problem.
2. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:48 · Score: 0
  
  Lemme guess, you are subscriber to /r/pedofriends and /r/pedochat, right? Also frequenting /r/srs and /r/topmindsofreddit too?
3. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by iggymanz · 2016-12-12 09:53 · Score: 1
  
  No, you're an anon here and more likely a 4chan anon who watches pedo-loli anime. Those aren't hate groups, no matter what your twitter SJW and their manlette friends say
4. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by guises · 2016-12-12 09:57 · Score: 1
  
  There are paying Reddit users?
  
  This is a crappy reason to fire the guy. He's been purging Reddit of unwanted communities ever since he took over and people (mostly) weren't calling for his head then. This is comparatively trivial, and given that he's fessed up about it and we know all of the comments that he edited and he's promised not to do it anymore...
  
  Meh. Rather than continuing to make a fuss over this, it seems like it would be more constructive to move on to someplace else. Leave Reddit to the meme spewers and celebrity worshipers. The crappy moderation system makes for poor discussion anyway.
5. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:06 · Score: 0
  
  People who consider t_d a hate group and who shout "fascist, sexist, racist!" at people who are bringing up legitimate issues are the reason Donald Trump won. The more those people double down the more right wing parties are going to continue to win. The left really needs to stop it with ideological purity tests and step back in to the real world where millions of hard working people are losing their jobs through no fault of their own and actual fascist ideologies are creeping in to the West because criticism of Islam's regressive tendencies is beyond the pale.
6. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by Penguinisto · 2016-12-12 10:10 · Score: 1
  
  We paying reddit users want his head on a pike; fire his ass
  To be fair, the users are paying (advertisers), albeit with their eyeballs...
  
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7. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:37 · Score: 0
  
  those who inhibit others speech are doomed to feel the same, free speech is essential, speech should roam free and be allowed to do so
8. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:53 · Score: 0
  
  paying reddit users
  That's the weirdest thing I've read all day (and I spent part of it on 4chan).
9. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 11:27 · Score: 0
  
  Calling someone a pedophile. Nice ad hominem attack. Really proves your point and showcases your debate skills.
10. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by slashdot_commentator · 2016-12-12 13:05 · Score: 1
  
  He can be sane, but it doesn't change the fact that he damaged his company with his actions. Making common expressions of violent imagery is not reflective of actual fantacizing, and firing /u/spez's ass is the solution, not the problem.
  
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11. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by yuriklastalov · 2016-12-12 13:31 · Score: 1
  
  There are paying Reddit users?
  That's what buying gold is.
12. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 13:51 · Score: 0
  
  Just telling it it like it is. Would you prefer I soften my tone so you're not offended?
  Racists have such a victimhood complex.
13. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by Boronx · 2016-12-12 15:51 · Score: 1
  
  People who pay for Reddit automatically deserve to be ignored.
  
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14. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 04:59 · Score: 0
  
  You're making extremist Islam stronger by going after moderates. It's the 101 of stupidity. Well fucking done dickheads, in the interests of cowardly self-preservation, you're actually kicking the hornet's nest.
  You'll learn at your fucking leisure. And you'll still be calling climate change a hoax when the fucking waves are lapping around the 20th floor of the empite state. At least you got to wipe the smile off some trannies' faces eh. Twats.
15. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by Maritz · 2016-12-13 05:00 · Score: 1
  
  They consider themselves paying users because there are some adverts? Jesus, that is pathetic.
  
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16. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by iggymanz · 2016-12-14 06:03 · Score: 1
  
  wrong, I only said it likely they watched a certain type of anime, which wouldn't make them a pedophile even if true.
  you should be outraged at my implication they are follower of twitter SJW, is there any insult lower possible in modern english?
17. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by iggymanz · 2016-12-14 06:04 · Score: 1
  
  It is very useful resource for many geek hobbies and interests. You know, like slashdot used to be. I wouldn't pay to use slashdot the way it is now.
18. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by iggymanz · 2016-12-14 06:07 · Score: 1
  
  You are wrong on two counts. Pro-Trump communities aren't "unwanted" by at least half the populace in the USA. Altering people's comments on a forum supposed to promote discussion of ideas is betrayal of those ideals, that's a major evil thing he did. It is very worthwhile to make a fuss over Steve Huffman's actions, trying to alter history and reality to his narrow world view by abusing power and betraying customers. Off with his head (metaphorically, fire him)
19. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by iggymanz · 2016-12-14 06:11 · Score: 1
  
  You're either ignorant or very young. Expressions like "head on a pike" or "heads should roll" or "throw him out on his ass" are common old euphemisms for terminating employment, nothing more. Sorry the reality is so boring compared to what you are fantasizing. Maybe you should read more books.
20. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by guises · 2016-12-14 10:27 · Score: 1
  
  Pro-Trump communities aren't "unwanted" by at least half the populace in the USA.
  We know from the election that it's less than half, but that doesn't matter - I didn't say anything about pro-Trump communities. He started with Fat People Hate and a few other small subs, then there was the thing where some of the unwanted subs like Coontown were made semi-invisible before finally being banned. The Trump related ones are just the most recent, and he's been relatively generous with those.
21. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by iggymanz · 2016-12-14 10:41 · Score: 1
  
  62206395/(64223958 + 62206395) = 49.2%
  close enough to "half"
22. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by guises · 2016-12-14 10:56 · Score: 1
  
  It's 46% by the most recent tally. Been going down ever since the election, as more votes are counted.
23. Re:paying reddit users want Steve Huffman's head by iggymanz · 2016-12-15 03:54 · Score: 1
  
  exact count not at all relevant to point
Bring back Pao and all will be forgiven by JoeyRox · 2016-12-12 08:59 · Score: 5, Funny

Then redditors will realize things aren't so bad and ask him back.
1. Re:Bring back Pao and all will be forgiven by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:31 · Score: 0
  
  I came to this thread to post "Imagine if Pao had done this." Then I came across this post.
  My reaction to your post is pretty much the same as if I'd just seen a homeless person take a shit on the sidewalk in front of me. Nothing Pao did even began to approach what Huffman did, yet you're still willing to use her as the counterpoint, because feeemale!
  We can only hope you man up and get yourself to a gay bar before it's too late. You are in desperate need of vindicating your wild need for man love. The cum building in your eyeballs is blinding you from objective morality. Please do get your dick sucked soon.
2. Re:Bring back Pao and all will be forgiven by Boronx · 2016-12-12 15:53 · Score: 0
  
  Didn't you hear? There's no misogyny on Slashdot, and the new Star Wars is political correctness run amok.
  
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3. Re:Bring back Pao and all will be forgiven by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 01:59 · Score: 0
  
  Don't you mean "Eric Paul"? As a CEO of one of the biggest sites that means HE had WHITE PRIVILEGE!
4. Re:Bring back Pao and all will be forgiven by Maritz · 2016-12-13 05:02 · Score: 1
  
  Yeah. Your GG neckbeard types hate women because they're afraid of them. Amusingly, islam also fears women. Deeply fucking pathetic stuff all around.
  
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Used Reddit for roughly 7-8 years, my thoughts. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 08:59 · Score: 4, Interesting

I stopped going to Reddit a week before this happened. There was a palpable feeling to the website that a lot of views were no longer welcome. What happened to the freedom of speech?
I really can't say what happened to Reddit but I have some thoughts. If you go to the smaller sub reddits they are great. But anything with a large amount of people becomes ridiculously political. You can't even say anything or have a discussion without someone attempting to force you to find a source for every little thing you say.
People need to learn how to just talk to each other again. That is where my mind goes.
Throw all this BS with the people leading reddit into the mix and you're finding people are now realizing the internet has limits. Yeah we can unite behind causes easier but people are still people. Coming up with names like trolls and fake news isn't going to stop people from being people. They talk. They spread information and half the time it isn't accurate. How is that any different then what goes on in most groups at school, work every day?
1. Re:Used Reddit for roughly 7-8 years, my thoughts. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:24 · Score: 0
  
  It's the same but on a much larger scale. Compare it to the impact of a massively distributed DOS attack. If I pull a few plugs in my place of work or wreck some servers the effect is localized. If I do the Internet equivalent, the effects might not be as localized. Much the same with rumors and slander.
2. Re:Used Reddit for roughly 7-8 years, my thoughts. by penandpaper · 2016-12-12 10:00 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  You can't even say anything or have a discussion without someone attempting to force you to find a source for every little thing you say.
  
  Citation needed.
3. Re:Used Reddit for roughly 7-8 years, my thoughts. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:40 · Score: 0
  
  It's far from just Reddit. But
  "People need to learn how to just talk to each other again."
  This is very true, for the whole internet (and IRL, but it's especially bad online). We need to stop with the tribalism and re-learn how to understand each other, communicate and even compromise.
4. Re:Used Reddit for roughly 7-8 years, my thoughts. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 11:35 · Score: 0
  
  without someone attempting to force you to find a source for every little thing you say
  and
  
  They spread information and half the time it isn't accurate
  Just what _are_ you trying to say?
5. Re:Used Reddit for roughly 7-8 years, my thoughts. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 15:43 · Score: 0
  
  It's a common error to mistake toleration for validation.
  You had overstayed your welcome.
6. Re:Used Reddit for roughly 7-8 years, my thoughts. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 02:06 · Score: 0
  
  I stopped going to Reddit a week before this happened. There was a palpable feeling to the website that a lot of views were no longer welcome. What happened to the freedom of speech?
  It never existed. Get over it.
7. Re:Used Reddit for roughly 7-8 years, my thoughts. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 04:59 · Score: 0
  
  Asking for the source of your statements is a perfectly reasonable response. Those people are critical thinkers. Sounds like you were shitposting and someone called you on it.
  The problem is that people accept what they read on sites without asking for sources and then cry when they are "duped".
8. Re:Used Reddit for roughly 7-8 years, my thoughts. by Maritz · 2016-12-13 05:05 · Score: 1
  
  It's far from just Reddit. But
  "People need to learn how to just talk to each other again."
  This is very true, for the whole internet (and IRL, but it's especially bad online). We need to stop with the tribalism and re-learn how to understand each other, communicate and even compromise.
  There's no "again" and there's no "re-learn". Constructive human communication across tribes is fucking unprecendented, and it's the reason we'll be extinct within a century or so.
  It's not that we don't have smart people with the attitude to do it - it's that we never give people like that influence. And we never will.
  
  --
  I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
9. Re:Used Reddit for roughly 7-8 years, my thoughts. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 10:19 · Score: 0
  
  Its not the internet has limits. Its that the SJW converged organizations that happen to have some near monopoly power on social networks are trying hard to impose limits to ThoughtCrime so that people will only have GoodThink.
  
  Come to Gab.ai or voat and enjoy freedom of speach without newspeak and thought police.
10. Re:Used Reddit for roughly 7-8 years, my thoughts. by Ostrich25 · 2016-12-13 11:53 · Score: 1
  
  What happened to the freedom of speech?
  That (freedom of speech, ie. the 1st Amendment) only applies to the government.
11. Re:Used Reddit for roughly 7-8 years, my thoughts. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-14 11:41 · Score: 0
  
  I found reddit in 2005. It was everything I wished slashdot was in the late 90s. (yes, i had a low uid and remember when slashdot reset them as well ~99).
  I still use reddit, but it's become a shit show. First when Digg died, then when all this SJW bullshit popped up. Too many triggered little 20 something bitches.
  So I create a new account, troll for a bit, then start over. I do love their threats though.
Wait, on a free-to-use internet forum? by Overzeetop · 2016-12-12 08:59 · Score: 2

This isn't some legal filing server, or your email provider. It's a fucking web forum. And one that lets you use it for free. If the CEO if a dick, take your eyeballs and go elsewhere*.
*Please

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Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
1. Re:Wait, on a free-to-use internet forum? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:12 · Score: 0
  
  But reddit posts have been used as evidence in criminal investigations. So if reddit has been used to support convictions then reddit and the info contained within are a legal filling server.
2. Re:Wait, on a free-to-use internet forum? by CaptnCrud · 2016-12-12 09:30 · Score: 1
  
  Well, let's not delude ourselves. You can use it without cash but it's certainly not free, their revenue comes from somewhere and it's not all from gold members.
3. Re:Wait, on a free-to-use internet forum? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:33 · Score: 0
  
  Reddit's history tells us that CEOs can change.
4. Re: Wait, on a free-to-use internet forum? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:37 · Score: 0
  
  So Huffman was paid by Trump to create the Bleachbit posts?
5. Re: Wait, on a free-to-use internet forum? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:06 · Score: 0
  
  Maybe. That's the point. Maybe.
6. Re:Wait, on a free-to-use internet forum? by phorm · 2016-12-13 04:23 · Score: 1
  
  " one that lets you use it for free"
  Yes, you can use it for free. However, some people DO pay for services on Reddit, and it seems that many of them aren't particularly pleased with the situation either.
7. Re:Wait, on a free-to-use internet forum? by Overzeetop · 2016-12-14 07:57 · Score: 1
  
  The benefits of Reddit Gold are pretty well defined. I didn't see any guarantee of message integrity beyond what is available at the free tier in their description.
  
  --
  Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
8. Re:Wait, on a free-to-use internet forum? by Overzeetop · 2016-12-14 08:00 · Score: 1
  
  So have hand-written notes of uncertain authenticity and eyewitness reports conjured from memory. The fact that the data base is accessible means that the data has always been suspect until corroborated - and any lawyer who doesn't challenge the integrity of computer data of any kind is a fool.
  
  --
  Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
Wasteland by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:00 · Score: 0

Reddit would have crucified this prick if he were in a liberal/HRC sub pulling the shit that he did. He did it in the Donald so it is magically OK.
1. Re:Wasteland by Pinky's+Brain · 2016-12-12 09:05 · Score: 1
  
  It caused enough fallout that he'd write this, so clearly not OK.
2. Re:Wasteland by penandpaper · 2016-12-12 10:04 · Score: 1
  
  Yea, and Tony Hayward is sorry.
The Right Thing by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:02 · Score: 4, Insightful

'The Right Thing' is not to mess with people's speech, even if it disagrees with your political views. This is SOP for the left-leaning these days, and yet they wonder why hillary lost to donald trump of all people.
Now, you have the right to do whatever you want on your platform, but that doesn't necessarily make it 'The Right Thing' to do. This isn't the first time social media has tried to modify narratives of users.
0 sympathy.
1. Re:The Right Thing by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:50 · Score: 0
  
  The speech he messed with falls under libel and isn't protected by free speech anyway.
  But yes, it was wrong to edit the post, he should have sued the poster instead.
2. Re:The Right Thing by Boronx · 2016-12-12 15:57 · Score: 2
  
  Go to any city council meeting and act a shitlord. See how long your right to free speech keeps them from throwing you out.
  
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  Play Command HQ online
3. Re:The Right Thing by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 16:42 · Score: 0
  
  you mean like detroit? I guess I'm not worried. Those who double down on stupidity for feelings every time something goes wrong deserve what they get. Go move to canada.
4. Re:The Right Thing by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 16:45 · Score: 0
  
  Unlikely, or he would've sued.
5. Re:The Right Thing by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 03:23 · Score: 0
  
  Dude, calling someone a pedophile isn't a political view. Unless you have evidence, it's libel.
  Lots of sympathy. For the people suffering around you.
There is no comming back from this. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:04 · Score: 1

Even if he steps down, and he should, the trust cannot ever possibly be rebuilt. The precedent has been set for a leader in a social media company to edit comments at will.
Continuity and original authorship cannot therefore possibly be guaranteed without transparent check in systems (like source control) on comments for any online platform. Pandora's box has been opened and the legal ramifications will be interesting should any user ever be sued over content they "author".
1. Re:There is no comming back from this. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:26 · Score: 0
  
  They may have lost their safe harbor protection. Now if any redditor makes a defamatory statement, or even confesses to a crime and sought by the police, he can just point back to this incident and claim that an admin posted the comment using his uid. Way to go spez.
2. Re:There is no comming back from this. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:49 · Score: 0
  
  You sound like you're losing sleep over this, try limiting your internet usage to 30 minutes a day and spend the rest of the time "offline" (I would also recommend avoiding TV and videogames as well, try to go analog if you can handle it)
Re:Sharia Law in England by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:04 · Score: 0

Nothing you said is even remotely close to accurate or true.
"In the spirit of fun" by taustin · 2016-12-12 09:05 · Score: 5, Insightful

Er, no, dude, it wasn't in the spirit of fun. If it were, you would have seen the criticism of you as being in the spirit of fun. But that criticism was malice, and your response was malicious. It was in the spiriting of being an asshole.
Apology rejected.
1. Re:"In the spirit of fun" by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 11:20 · Score: 1
  
  Except the criticism of people by the_donald isn't in the spirit of fun. They (and Trump's NSC pick Flynn) spread outright lies that have incited violence (the man in the pizza shop).
  I don't condone what he did, but I can understand his frustration. It's still pretty bad that he has unauditable access to backend servers.
2. Re:"In the spirit of fun" by taustin · 2016-12-12 15:55 · Score: 1
  
  Except the criticism of people by the_donald isn't in the spirit of fun.
  Which is exactly what I said, yes. Glad you agree.
  
  They (and Trump's NSC pick Flynn) spread outright lies that have incited violence (the man in the pizza shop).
  I don't condone what he did, but I can understand his frustration. It's still pretty bad that he has unauditable access to backend servers.
  So if one side is a bunch of malicious assholes, it's OK for the other side to be, too? That kind of thinking - from both sides - is precisely why Trump won. Not because he's better, but because he's different than the two parties you can't tell apart without a score card.
douchebag says what? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:07 · Score: 0

that's what you get when dealing with douchebags. at least you don't have to live in brazil, where music sucks sso much that they depend on bots to create views on youtube and likes on social media sites.
How long will it take to regain trust? by QuietLagoon · 2016-12-12 09:09 · Score: 4, Insightful

... and that he knows it will take time to rebuild trust within the community....
A person's integrity is destroyed in seconds, yet can take years to rebuild. I am not sure he can regain the users' trust in a time period he would like.
1. Re:How long will it take to regain trust? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:44 · Score: 0
  
  Steve Huffman who? I'm pretty sure the website will operate very well without him. So some guy who is 'apparently' at the helm of an amazing forum that's bigger than him, acted stupid. Believe me no one cares but the 15 minutes of fame seekers- who want to revenge/see an 'apparently' big guy fall.
In other words... by CannonballHead · 2016-12-12 09:09 · Score: 1

"I was just joking!"
...
That sounds kinda childish to offer "it was just a prank" as an excuse.
1. Re:In other words... by zerocommazero · 2016-12-12 09:15 · Score: 1
  
  He just should be upfront that he lost his cool. I would respect him more for that. Hell, if I had to put up with the ridiculous amount of threats, harassment and pedophile accusations from a specific group of assholes, I'd snap too.
2. Re:In other words... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 11:34 · Score: 0
  
  Who exactly forced him to read it?
3. Re:In other words... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 07:54 · Score: 0
  
  Huffman in Nurenberg
  "I was just following orders'" ...
Re:Sharia Law in England by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:09 · Score: 0

Cause they're better than other groups. In additional, the Muslim leaders own vast amounts of oil and natural gas and politicians love brown nosing.
OH NOES! by l0n3s0m3phr34k · 2016-12-12 09:12 · Score: 0, Troll

So he trolled the trolls. These "users" are part of Trump's social media "5th column", led by Steve Bannon. They are destroying our "democracy" with their conspiracy theories, now even member's of Trump's staff (well, now ex-staff) General Flynn's son is spreading the rumors...with the horrible logical fallacy of "argumentum ad ignorantiam", or "Until #Pizzagate proven to be false, it'll remain a story. The left seems to forget #PodestaEmails and the many "coincidences" tied to it."

When the "Make America Great Again Neighborhood Block Councils" are formed, their CNC will be Reddit and 4chan. They won't be wearing brown shirts, but more "classy" officially licensed Trump clothing.
1. Re:OH NOES! by prisoner-of-enigma · 2016-12-12 09:56 · Score: 1
  
  So he trolled the trolls.
  
  So basically you're saying what he did was fine because he did it against Trump and his "fifth column." So trashing free speech is fine with you so long as it's trashing free speech you don't like. The cognitive dissonance...it burns. Why do I get the feeling you'd be singing an entirely different tune if this was a conservative forum host that censored pro-Hillary or anti-Trump comments to align with conservative viewpoints?
  There's a simple litmus test you must always apply when rendering judgement on things like this. If the positions were reversed would you still feel the same? If the answer is "no" then you're not being objective enough to have a valid opinion on the subject.
  
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  In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
2. Re:OH NOES! by penandpaper · 2016-12-12 10:13 · Score: 1
  
  "They are destroying our 'democracy' with their conspiracy theories... When the 'Make America Great Again Neighborhood Block Councils' are formed'...
  u wot m8? Accidentally spilled that kool-aid into your cup, didn't notice, and decided to take the 'holier than though' approach while dying from heavy exposure to irony, eh?
  That's cool, I mean, I don't mind if you condemn conspiritards while being a conspiritard... just makes me kind of baffled really. Like seeing a unicorn; something rare and beautiful that I thought was made up until someone stapled a rainbow colored toilet-paper roll to its head. Then I knew the truth.
3. Re:OH NOES! by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:39 · Score: 0
  
  When the "Make America Great Again Neighborhood Block Councils" are formed, their CNC will be Reddit and 4chan. They won't be wearing brown shirts, but more "classy" officially licensed Trump clothing.
  Continuing to cry wolf isn't going to help.
4. Re:OH NOES! by l0n3s0m3phr34k · 2016-12-13 11:30 · Score: 1
  
  He didn't do anything "against Trump", I seriously doubt Trump has any knowledge of what's going on; at least not until now. Technically, the only time something is a 1st Amendment "free speech" issue is when the censorship is by the government, not by a private entity or corp. Regardless, the situation "over all" is not "fine". If it was such a big deal to him, he should have just killed off the thread, accounts, etc instead of manipulating the posts.
  
  But if these users are followers of KeK, then this is a good lesson on using Chaos magick. There will always be repercussions that manifest like this. You might get your digital reality to break through IRL, but there will be a personal cost to pay eventually. The "Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will" is full of pitfalls and deep shadows.
5. Re:OH NOES! by l0n3s0m3phr34k · 2016-12-13 11:55 · Score: 1
  
  I said "when", implying something that might happen in the future. It's not a conspiracy, I'm not claiming that anything like that is happening right now. Just that, looking over how "strong personality" type of governments go, it's highly possible. At the moment Trump isn't controlling any of this on social media, at least not via Reddit that I know of. Steve Bannon, on the other hand, is a pretty rabid racist who IS a "conspiracy theorist" and uses social media...does he specifically use Reddit? I don't know. Micheal Flynn Jr. referenced #pizzagate, which is from Reddit, and WAS General Flynn's Chief of Staff. That's no conspiracy, that's out in the open off Twitter: "Until #Pizzagate proven to be false, it'll remain a story. The left seems to forget #PodestaEmails and the many "coincidences" tied to it."
  
  Trump could reign all this in, before it grows into manifestation again. The "Followers of KeK" are playing with fire in a metaphysical, occult sense. This too follows the same lineage as Welteislehre, Sangue e Spirito, and other "background occult movements" that form around authoritarian leaders.
6. Re:OH NOES! by penandpaper · 2016-12-14 03:28 · Score: 1
  
  lol, I see. You give yourself some wiggle room in your wording to say "I am not one of those conspiritards". I am not going to defend anyone's actions but my own and from what I can tell with your last two posts; you are looking for conspiracies that conform to your notion of biased reality. The best conspiracies are the ones with grains of truth sprinkled throughout.
  I don't think the US is immune from nazi escapades but I am optimistic that the checks and balances, separation of power, and the prescient fear of tyranny built into our system of government will make such escapades difficult to say the least. Crying wolf over and over again does more to enable tyrannic escapades than a populist like Trump because when that shit hits the fan, no one will listen to you. Case in point. Trump. Romney was sexist because 'binders of women'. Anyone who didn't' vote for Obama is racist. Anyone who didn't vote Clinton is sexist. Trump is a nazi with brown-shirts. If you wonder why people don't listen to news, there are a few safe bets.
  Stop conjecturing "might" and "when" to get the conspirtard high with wording to avoid the conspirtard nuttery.
7. Re:OH NOES! by l0n3s0m3phr34k · 2016-12-16 01:56 · Score: 1
  
  I'll feed you a bit more troll. I'm not "looking" for any conspiracy. All people's notions of reality are "biased". My extrapolation of potential future events is based on history; it's not my fault that historically groups like that tend to form around divisive figures such as Trump.
  
  As for "checks and balances", that ideal has already been destroyed in this instance by the denial of allowing a sitting President to place a Supreme Court justice. That is a fundamental part of "our system of government" that was blocked. I agree with you about the group mind conditioning about "crying wolf"; that too is part of how the Followers of Kek work by placing their charged symbologies into far-reaching public views.
  
  Your logical fallacies of implying what I said includes anything about Romney, racisism, Obama, Clinton, etc is atrocious. Your claiming because other people said ABC, and what I said resembles ABC, then we are both implying XYZ is also true. I don't think, and have NEVER claimed (in my last two posts here, on any post I've ever made anywhere, or IRL) that "anyone who didn't vote for Clinton is sexist" and your committing a false attribution. Personally I think she was a horrible choice for a popular election candidate and has too much baggage and an inappropriate (the nicest word I can think of) public demeanor to be President. I've never even given a second thought to Romney's "binders of women". SOME people didn't vote for Obama because they ARE racist, but I would never postulate that is the "main" reason people didn't vote for him. Most who voted against him did so based on his past political agenda and stated policies; only a few where taken in by the "birther" conspiracy stuff. Unfortunately, the main public proponent of that conspiracy is now President-elect.
  
  As for conjecturing specific words, the words "might" and "when" aren't even IN my original post. That's your conjecture, not mine. Just like your logical fallacy of associating my "conspiracy" prediction with other people's assumptions of past candidates. As for my prediction, there are already incidents happening of people getting confrontational with others in regards to Trump's statements. Just do a search of "video trump supporters" with "visa" "deportation" "airplane" etc. These are the seeds of the "5th column" vigilante group I was originally speaking about. They have yet to sprout into a true organization; I can only hope those "checks and balances" can stop that from happening.
8. Re:OH NOES! by penandpaper · 2016-12-16 03:14 · Score: 1
  
  nom nom nom nom. trollololol. Feed me Seymour. Although, that plant could be a great troll mascot.
  The Senate not confirming an appointment isn't destroying a fundamental part of our system of government. It is one of the checks and balances and there is no specific reason to have 9 judges and there has been varying number of judges on the court at various times. Obama nominated and the Senate gave advice "no one from you" and refused consent. Both branches have to agree to get a new judge and if one refuses consent all that means is that we have 1 less judge on the court until they can agree. It's only an issue for a 4-4 vote split which just means that the lower courts ruling stands.
  I was using Romney Obama etc as examples of wolf crying that has partly led to Trump. It wasn't something I was specifically pinning on you except for wolf crying and I probably botched conveying that. Trump is a reaction, a bad one at that, to the failure of media (that cried those wolves the most) and the left (that created those wolves).
  Those vigilantes are a minority and on both sides. Just like people beating up Trump supporters for voting Trump. When something actually happens that is dangerous I will be right there to fight it to defend those checks and balances but your first comment was really over the top.
Should Have Read The Warning by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:13 · Score: 0

... that comes with all super-user powers.

We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.
root's password:
To "Apollo Huffman" per StarTrek TOS by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:13 · Score: 0

See subject & a quote from Season 2 episode 2 "Who Mourns for Adonis" - "Even for a god there's a point of no return"...
APK
P.S.=> You did this to yourself man... apk
It's a good thing... by RogueyWon · 2016-12-12 09:14 · Score: 1

This kind of thing doesn't happen on slashdot isn't it?
1. Re:It's a good thing... by RogueyWon · 2016-12-12 09:16 · Score: 1
  
  Ah goddamit, and my "humorous" inserts got eaten in the parsing. Bah... talk about spoiling a perfectly good joke. That will teach me not to use "preview".
2. Re:It's a good thing... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:34 · Score: 1
  
  If it did, I hope that fat cunt APk would be first to be deleted out of existance.
He forgot the bit by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:16 · Score: 1

Where he banned users en masse for calling him out on his shit.
So I guess the plan was:
Surreptitiously edit the posts political subreddits you don't like
Get caught
Ban everyone you don't like in the ensuing shitstorm
Grovel a bit and pretend it never happened
Beautiful purge, shame the internet has such a long memory.
1. Re:He forgot the bit by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:48 · Score: 0
  
  I still go to reddit. I might be addicted. I started going in 2005. I only use throwaways (although, I do have one real account which I keep off the main roads). My throwaways were getting full-site shadowbanned on a weekly basis for postings with an anti-Hillary leaning. The reddit apologists will always say "only admins can shadowban." Well either (a) there are a hell of a lot of admins or (2) the admins are doing a hell of a lot of editing. Either way, reddit is nothing more than a propaganda platform. It gives the appearance of democracy without the conundrum of actually letting the users decide what comments are constructive and which are not. Just like the political discourse everywhere in this country, holding the wrong opinion is now considered non-constructive (particularly on the left, but let's not act like the right doesn't do it too).
Re:Sharia Law in England by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:20 · Score: 0

Yes it is.
Foolish by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:24 · Score: 0

He could have taken the 4chan approach and simply installed a wordfilter.
Those are actually fun.
Shocked, I'm shocked I tell you. by Drunkulus · 2016-12-12 09:25 · Score: 0

If Reddit can't be trusted to maintain the integrity of user posts, is there another internet troll sewer where I can post fake news, alt-right manifestos, and such?
1. Re:Shocked, I'm shocked I tell you. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:31 · Score: 0
  
  I prefer Huffington post for my fake news.
2. Re:Shocked, I'm shocked I tell you. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:20 · Score: 0
  
  The New York Times is a much better source for fake news.
3. Re:Shocked, I'm shocked I tell you. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:41 · Score: 0
  
  The hacker named 4chan knows a place, I think.
4. Re:Shocked, I'm shocked I tell you. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:48 · Score: 0
  
  Reddit is free, they owe you NOTHING. Just like facebook.
  In fact, reddit is just facebook for aspy trolls.
5. Re:Shocked, I'm shocked I tell you. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 08:24 · Score: 0
  
  Nah, the best place is Clinton News Network, becouse the talking heads there have such friendly eyes ...
Re:Sharia Law in England by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:31 · Score: 0

Anthing is better than bigoted shit for brains like you.
Digital signatures by oldmacdonald · 2016-12-12 09:32 · Score: 2

If you care about what you say on the internet not being changed, use a digital signature.
1. Re:Digital signatures by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:29 · Score: 0
  
  OK, boss, you got it.
  Signature:
  4ace239b17330ee5689ee9d9aa 3fff132dacb4ddf525304ad6 68e4004da5d311
  0938bdca 446695a8186 3223d96652398 22c7b4551768e ba86091526bf166a5a2
  4b535185e 3c62fd578168 b2177c2bd933d6d8ebc1709284 19661845caf1b074b
  0a608a860f4346921e95616 e753dd238cf3fc366e6b2a54e4 053e2b07580c602
  (you can see the hoops I had to jump through just to post this simple signature)
  Certificate:
  -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
  (Oh noes, I can't even post it due to slashfilter, whatever, I'm done)
2. Re:Digital signatures by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:42 · Score: 0
  
  If you care about what you say on the internet not being changed, use a digital signature.
  That works for self-verification, but no one is going to go grab your public key and verify the signature of your reddit comment (in most cases). A big problem with encryption and cryptography authentication is that if it's not built into the system, 90+% of people won't use it. And, if it's built into the system, it's extremely difficult to ensure that the code being run on your machine doesn't actually steal your credentials when the signature is generated.
Privatization of the public square by anthony_greer · 2016-12-12 09:34 · Score: 5, Insightful

the idea of the first amendment was that anyone can say anything on the public square, but online the "public" square is all privately owned by mostly large companies based in the Sanfrancisco or San Jose region and run by people who are predominately liberal. They are free to run their businesses as they and their shareholders see fit, but with so much of life hapnenning online, where are we supposed to have the "public square" if anyone with differant ideas gets treated badly or labeled "hate speech" or "fake news"?
If Facebook Twitter, Reddit and other leftist dominated companies run all the communications mediums, how are those who disagree to compete in the arena of ideas?
1. Re:Privatization of the public square by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:51 · Score: 0
  
  Fox News would like a word.
2. Re:Privatization of the public square by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:54 · Score: 0
  
  Are you saying the government needs to host a free speech message board!?!? I am down.
3. Re:Privatization of the public square by prisoner-of-enigma · 2016-12-12 10:04 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  If Facebook Twitter, Reddit and other leftist dominated companies run all the communications mediums, how are those who disagree to compete in the arena of ideas?
  
  There's not supposed to be competition in the arena of ideas, didn't you know that? It's supposed to be an infinite echo chamber where all the heads nod up and down at the same time in the same way and nobody ever says anything that challenges anyone's preconceived notions. Those that do must be exiled, ridiculed, and called racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic, xenophobic, arachnophobic, hydrophobic, and anything else derogatory the echo chamber can come up with regardless of whether or not it actually applies. Such is the mentality of the left in political discourse.
  This is nothing new with the left. Go back to the origins with Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, and so forth. Controlling thoughts and implementing groupthink has always been part and parcel of leftist ideology. It preys upon the typical desire to "fit in" and not be left out of a crowd. That's why every leftist government has always sought to ban certain types of speech -- either legally or extra-legally -- as part of its method for retaining power. The USSR did it to great effect for almost a century before it came crashing down. Today's "political correctness" is nothing more than the same ideology repackaged into something more aesthetically pleasing to the masses.
  
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  In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us. - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
4. Re:Privatization of the public square by ooloorie · 2016-12-12 10:04 · Score: 1
  
  If Facebook Twitter, Reddit and other leftist dominated companies run all the communications mediums, how are those who disagree to compete in the arena of ideas?
  By creating new platforms. It's a good business opportunity. And it's already happening.
5. Re:Privatization of the public square by Pfhorrest · 2016-12-12 10:09 · Score: 1
  
  With the old literal public squares, who owned them?
  Is that better or worse than the privately-owned "public squares" we have now or not?
  (And do you expect such a publicly-owned internet square to have less of a left-leaning bias?)
  
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6. Re:Privatization of the public square by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:33 · Score: 0
  
  I think you misspelled "echo chambers".
7. Re:Privatization of the public square by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:42 · Score: 0
  
  With the old literal public squares, who owned them?
  Umm ... the public? Generally speaking "public squares" and such were/are pieces of land that weren't owned privately, but instead "owned" (if that's the proper term) by the local government.
  For example Boston Common is a public park, owned by the City of Boston. Portions of Times Square in New York are actually a "park" owned by the New York City parks department. (https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/father-duffy-square). The National Mall is a national park, owned by the US government.
  Other public squares are made up of public thoroughfares and their associated easements, owned either by the local municipality's streets department or owned privately but with a lien/easement on it which means that the public has guaranteed access, passage and occupation rights. (Legally speaking, the easement is something that can be owned in its own right, and such an easement is owned either by the government directly, or nebulously "in the public trust".)
  
  Is that better or worse than the privately-owned "public squares" we have now or not?
  With respect to free speech protections? Definitely better. Any time a company removes/edits user contents, the pedantic come out in force to push up their poindexter glasses and "helpfully" explain that as a private company they're not technically subject to the First Amendment, and can censor to their hearts content on their privately-owned "public square".
  Back to the meat-space analogy, theoretically speaking local governments could sell off all public thoroughfares, public parks, and public buildings and have them be owned by private corporations. If that happens, the First Amendment doesn't really apply anywhere, as the private companies which own the squares aren't bound by it and can freely eject anyone they want. (They can't have people arrested for saying things they don't like, but they can certainly have them be arrested for trespassing after being told "go away and never come back" for saying things the company doesn't like.)
8. Re:Privatization of the public square by Pfhorrest · 2016-12-12 10:59 · Score: 0
  
  Yes thank you, that was the point I was making rhetorically to the obviously-right-wing person I was replying to. Such right-wingers have a conundrum: private "public squares" on the internet exhibit what they perceive as left-wing bias. But the alternative, truly public (government-owned) "public squares", are inherently contrary to right-wing anti-government ideology, just by their very existence.
  
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9. Re:Privatization of the public square by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 11:28 · Score: 0
  
  Jesus, have you ever actually been to Reddit or are you just ranting from your soapbox?
  This issue had nothing to do with silencing political speech or meaningful ideas, a sub that was focussed on an insane conspiracy theory repeatedly violated the TOS by posting IRL personal information about people & got banned by the administrators. Like a 2yo who got his hand slapped, they had a tantrum & started screaming about how /u/spez was a pedophile. He changed a few of those comments to refer to other moderators. End of story.
  Trust me, if this was a "leftist company" hellbent on censoring speech they don't like, these assholes would have been shown the door a long time ago. They're simply emboldened by the administration not enforcing rules and letting them get away with blatant violations & now they're blowing up when somebody finally did what they should have done months ago.
10. Re:Privatization of the public square by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:44 · Score: 0
  
  Hmm. You do realize, don't you, that this whole incident was related to the /r/The_donald subreddit, in which the special snowflakes of the right used their moderators to forbid comments that criticized Trump, and to ban those that posted them, so that they could have a "safe space" to discuss him without criticism from those who disagreed?
  Your suggestion that echo chambers are exclusively the prerogative of the left would be amusing, if I wasn't aware that the very idea that this might be so came from a right-oriented echo chamber. You might bear in mind that Hitler also forbade dissention, and he was no leftist.
11. Re:Privatization of the public square by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:51 · Score: 0
  
  ... The USSR did it to great effect ...
  
  So did Bush Junior, in the only country guaranteeing free speech. Not that's it new in the USA: John Lennon stopped opposing the latest war when he realized the FBI was surveilling him, he was so frightened.
  
  Today's "political correctness" is nothing more than the same ideology ...
  
  The problem is you believing that only Marxists and socialists want to be dictators.
12. Re:Privatization of the public square by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 13:09 · Score: 0
  
  This is a cute comment, because it completely glosses over the fact that the rightwing has been doing this exact thing since at least 9/11, only someone who wasn't an adult during the Bush years would post something so utterly stupid and tone-deaf. Reactionaries have their own verion of political correctness, do you remember Freedom Fries? Welfare Queen? Job Creators? If you constantly smell shit, check your own shoe first.
  It's also hilarious because it implies there's a monopoly on information, did you forget Fox News exists? How about endless rightwing youtube talking heads that have tons of subscribers? There's scores of rightwing media online as well, and is seems you're ignoring the fact that anyone can start a website and post whatever they want to it. Don't like the fact that a lot of people in the media lean left? Start your own news site, the internet is cheap as dirt now, go ahead and make a rightleaning site, that's how the free market works bucko, so quit whining.
13. Re:Privatization of the public square by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 13:46 · Score: 0
  
  I too want to use the "n" word without fear of repercussions from the politically correct libtard SJWs.
14. Re:Privatization of the public square by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 15:28 · Score: 0
  
  There's not supposed to be competition in the arena of ideas, didn't you know that? It's supposed to be an infinite echo chamber where all the heads nod up and down at the same time in the same way and nobody ever says anything that challenges anyone's preconceived notions. Those that do must be exiled, ridiculed, and called anything the echo chamber can come up with regardless of whether or not it actually applies. Such is the mentality of dogmatic assholes in political discourse.
  This is nothing new with dogmatic assholes. Go back to the origins with Marx, Lenin, Hitler, and so forth. Controlling thoughts and implementing groupthink has always been part and parcel of asshole ideology. It preys upon the typical desire to "fit in" and not be left out of a crowd. That's why every asshole government has always sought to ban certain types of speech -- either legally or extra-legally -- as part of its method for retaining power. The USSR did it to great effect for almost a century before it came crashing down; the Nazis managed for about a decade and a half. Today's "political discourse in the US" is nothing more than the same techniques repackaged with a 24hr ticker across the bottom of the screen.
15. Re:Privatization of the public square by Boronx · 2016-12-12 16:02 · Score: 1
  
  Even in public squares, cops will throw you out if you're a nuisance.
  
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16. Re:Privatization of the public square by GonzoPhysicist · 2016-12-13 08:16 · Score: 1
  
  Those are authoritarian features, not leftist, but people seem to confuse/conflate the two a lot these days
  
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17. Re:Privatization of the public square by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-14 04:01 · Score: 0
  
  "Those that do must be exiled, ridiculed, and called racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic, xenophobic, arachnophobic, hydrophobic..."
  Cucks?
Whats sort of uselless turd goes there? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:39 · Score: 0

I when there once and found it a cesspit of lying teenage Fatass Trumplthinskins, a more useless bunch of fucking cunts than any other on earth apart from that other collection of complete morons 4chan.
Classic Authoritarian Rovian deflection. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:42 · Score: 0

Classic Authoritarian Rovian deflection.
Of if you prefer a religious allusion: His boss should have removed the log from his own eye, before worrying about the (potential) speck in his employees'
It went almost exactly where all such stories go. If someone has to go out of their way to tell YOU to be honest it is very, very likely that their conscience is the one making noise.
How? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:42 · Score: 0

Does anyone know how he screwed up? The article doesn't mention any way that could possibly be viewed as a something bad or wrong.
Just like Anthony Weiner! by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:46 · Score: 0

Just like Anthony Weiner!
Oh, wait.
Re: Sharia Law in England by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:52 · Score: 0

Fuck England.
count your blessings and resign by ooloorie · 2016-12-12 09:52 · Score: 1

Steve Huffman has a net worth of many millions at age 33, based on nothing more than a mediocre ability for web design (judging by Reddit). He certainly doesn't seem like he is ready for a CEO position. He should count his blessings, resign, and spend the rest of his life bird watching, picking up women, or whatever strikes his fancy.
here fixed that for you by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:53 · Score: 0

What he did was fucked up. But, the users were declaring him a pedophile, that is fucked up too. How about we all act like adults and forgive him and the users for being asshats and move on. kthxbai
A Good Start by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 09:59 · Score: 0

Reinstate Pizzagate and The_Donald and apologize. Since this isn't going to happen, he can be lumped into the rest of the establishment hacks and never regain cred again.
I2P. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:05 · Score: 0

CryptoAnarchy FTW :)
There are liberals and conservatives of the American and European variety, and whole hosts of others. If you can't find a site that caters to your ideology, start one! There are no domain registration fees, or IP address fees, and your services will follow your router node where ever you configure it to.
The community is mostly nice people with a few huge assholes giving it character, but certainly no worse than reddit or elsewhere, and most of the people running sites are explicitly hands off, unless you're posting CP (do it on your own site!) or other universally scrutinized content that might get them personally hacked/shut down.
Reddit is a joke by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:05 · Score: 0

Reddit is a joke anyway. Anyoune can post anything, then edit or delete their posts.
"All whipslash's troll horses", lol... apk by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:08 · Score: 0

See subject & "... all whipslash's anonymous troll men" can't stop me posting again & again! I'm not fat https://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9977161&cid=53456615/ but YOU project YOU are (especially doing your butthurt squawking false gossip like a beyotch does).
* How many TIMES have I handed you your ass that you're "ReAcTiNg" like a jilted bitch does, hmmm?
(Go away, Humpty Dumpty, before I blast you up the poop shoot again after you bring it on yourself as usual!)
APK
P.S.=> R O T F L M A O (humpty dumpty, lol)... apk
1. Re:"All whipslash's troll horses", lol... apk by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:07 · Score: 0
  
  I'm not fat
  
  Let's take a look at that, shall we?
  
  I'm an NCAA lettering 1st string athlete
  You mean you were, what, 20 years ago? I notice you don't mention anything you are doing currently.
  On that note, when were you representing LeMoyne? I'd love to check their roster and see if they actually have an APK listed or if this is another hollow claim.
  
  @ 6' 2" 200lbs. currently!
  Yeah, that sounds about as current as your lacrosse playing days.
  
  before I blast you up the poop shoot again
  Oh, APK, blast me up my poop shoot [sic] again you big hunk of lacrosse playing manhood, you.
He can regain my trust by kupojsin · 2016-12-12 10:15 · Score: 1

by resigning.
It's easier if you know there are 3 sets of leaks by Xenographic · 2016-12-12 10:16 · Score: 5, Informative

The Russian hacker thing is especially bad because I've seen how many people can't comprehend that there are no less than 3 different leaks in play here. Or especially they conflate Hillary's private email server with the DNC leaks. Yes, there probably are some emails common to all the dumps--Podesta certainly emailed Hillary & the DNC and vice versa--but they could not have been obtained all in the same way, as we will see below:
Hillary's emails
Allegedly hacked from her home server, but we have no logs of this. She turned over paper copies. Some redacted emails (on paper) were released by the FBI. This has never been fully turned over to the public (or to the people investigating Benghazi). Trump joked that Russia (or whoever) could always release these after the fact, but nobody ever has released them all, including Hillary herself. We have posts by /u/stonetear on Reddit, who was a staffer there, talking about selectively wiping emails in the right time frame. All of this is public evidence that has been seen (and archived) by many people, unless someone wants to claim that /u/Spez edited that in to make Hillary look bad :)
Podesta's Gmail account
This was hacked by a very simply spear phishing email. It's DKIM validated by both Hillary & Google's servers, so anyone claiming this is fake can be proven wrong mathematically. Google signs them with the b and bh parameters (body & body hash) so no, it doesn't just cover the headers, but the body too. And no, there is a way to revoke the keys. Go look up the selector in the DKIM header if you know how, both keys are still there as of right now.
We also have good reason to believe they fell for this, both because we can see the staff saying this is real and because bit.ly has that link being clicked on twice in the relevant time frame as you can see from their stats page for the link: https://bitly.com/1PibSU0+
That bit.ly link resolves to a .TK URL the lameness filter hates which is obviously fake. You can see it from the previous stats page if you're curious. The TK domain is Tokelau, which a territory of New Zealand, if you were wondering. The phishing email itself claims there were hack attempts from the Ukraine.
DNC Leaks
This is alleged to have been leaked by a DNC insider. Wikileaks pointed out the suspicious death of DNC intern Seth Rich who was murdered but not robbed in the middle of the night. They have put up a reward for information on his killer(s). At this time, no one has been identified as the leaker, though there are a lot of stories quoting anonymous insiders claiming circumstantial evidence. There was also the 17 agencies of the USIC (i.e., the Coast Guard & co.) whose director put out a statement saying this was exactly the kind of thing Russia might do, but they did not give any specific evidence therein.
You can find more discussion about that here: https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/12/cias-absence-conviction/
Do the Ellen Pao! by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:20 · Score: 0

Sorry, Steve.... You're following a tradition. Now jump ship and take your golden parachute.
Trust? Seriously? by Alypius · 2016-12-12 10:23 · Score: 1

You take all of the worst elements of the German Stasi and Orwell's Ministry of Truth and you expect to simply be forgiven after conducting a purge of the proles who forgot their place and blew the whistle on you? No. This is historical revisionism. It's totalitarian in nature and has no business in a free society. Congrats, tho, you've proven that there are still people in the world who think that Stalinism is a Good Idea that just needs some tweaking.
1. Re:Trust? Seriously? by serviscope_minor · 2016-12-12 11:24 · Score: 1
  
  You take all of the worst elements of the German Stasi and Orwell's Ministry of Truth
  So the ceo of some free to use web forum editing posts is equivalent to torturing people? Wrote, this is a new level of hyperbole.
  
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2. Re:Trust? Seriously? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 10:27 · Score: 0
  
  No this is not hyperbole. It wasn't the torture that was the worst thing the communists did. It was actually the forcing of everyone to lie and humiliate them. To do that to the whole of the population is worse than the torture of a few.
  
  "In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed." --Theodore Dalrymple
Reddit is totally censored by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 10:24 · Score: 0

Reddit is like a website hosted in dystopian future. Even mentioning some subjects like anti adblock will automatically render your messages invisible to every other user. Just plain horrible.
The best will find great sites by AHuxley · 2016-12-12 10:30 · Score: 2

Once censorship is allowed who really wants to stay on a managed site?
Once topics people have put a lot of work into get banned, edited or removed?
Other really good US sites offer freedom of speech, freedom after speech and the freedom to read a comment later.
They trust their users, their users ideas, thoughts, words, comments and topics.
If a site does not like or trust its users to comment maybe the site should just publish the news, topics it likes?

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You cannot lose what was not already there by mutantSushi · 2016-12-12 10:38 · Score: 1

Not going to argue that people might feel they lose trust from this. But the point is, he took this action because he had already lost trust. People were going around knowingly telling lies that people (CEO) were pedophiles. That kind of discourse is not the basis for trustful community which respects norms. The people who did that have zero grounds to complain because they already ruined it.
Reddit's management staff by ChaoticLimbs · 2016-12-12 10:48 · Score: 1

Reddit's management structure is toxic, heavy-handed, and one-sided. And I say this as a proud leftist.
Authoritarianism is not exclusive to the right wing. Left wingers can be equally authoritarian.
And a lot of the time, we forget this. We are so proud of our ideological purity that we squash those who disagree with us.
And as a direct result, they rejected us in the elections. Because we stopped being liberals and started being the Fairness Police.
1. Re:Reddit's management staff by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 05:21 · Score: 0
  
  Well said. This is a mature position. I see so many trying to blame everyone but this toxic side of the left that has risen recently.
  The Left stopped being about freedom and equality for all and started focusing on identity politics and creating special rights for certain groups. They then doubled down by dogpiling anyone who doesn't agree, denying platforms, and shutting down political rallies or assaulting people who attend them.
  People are sick of it and as a result we have a demagogue as president.
Re:It's easier if you know there are 3 sets of lea by Archangel+Michael · 2016-12-12 11:16 · Score: 1

Or, you can believe there were Hack Attempts, that they were made by "Unknown" but "suspected" russian attackers. While ignoring the fact that there were ALSO hack attempt(s) made by the US government on state Election Offices.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/ge...
Part of the whole "Conspiracy" claim is that it doesn't need to have any evidence of truth. But, if you believe, it is part of the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" (where have we heard that before???) or "Trump is an idiot for believing" if you don't.
See how that works? No proof is needed, people asking for proof are "deniers", OR .... the people are idiots and we don't need to prove anything.
Both sides try to play this game.

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Don't resign by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 11:24 · Score: 0

Whatever hate-filled liberals replace you will differ only in their ability to better camouflage their behavior. Better that the shitlord running things be a known quantity.
Re:It's easier if you know there are 3 sets of lea by Xenographic · 2016-12-12 11:32 · Score: 1

Yes, there was in some other investigation a claim that a RAT was found that was Russian. Problem is, it was later shown to be common to underground forums but the first analysis of that didn't know this. And then we had ridiculous things like allegedly some bank was, I dunno, making DNS queries about a Trump server or whatever that nonsense was that hit Slashdot some time ago.
Or there were some people complaining about, I think it was Guccifer's use of language saying they thought s/he was Russian? Of course, they never bothered to quote anything that someone could actually research. If it's not already clear, if someone should have evidence but they're unwilling to show anyone, I penalize their credibility proportionately. See also: Russell's teapot.
He wanted by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 11:38 · Score: 0

... had covertly edited messages posted by other users ...

He could have banned them for committing/inciting illegal acts; banned them for disobeying a code of conduct, I'm sure he treats his employees like that; banned them without reason, after all, it works for Facebook. No, he wanted revenge and didn't think who his prank would hurt.
Not so fast [Re:Only Fixed by Resigning] by Tablizer · 2016-12-12 11:57 · Score: 1

There is no coming back from this...trust cannot be rebuilt.
Haven't you heard? Impulsive acts from leaders are in.

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WTF is wrong with Slashdot? by mrchaotica · 2016-12-12 11:58 · Score: 1

Out of the 174 posts on this thread (at the time of writing), there are only five mentioning the words [GPG|PGP|signature|encryption]. This is Slashdot, for crying out loud -- half the thread should be talking about that stuff!

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Re:It's easier if you know there are 3 sets of lea by Tablizer · 2016-12-12 12:07 · Score: 1

This has never been fully turned over to the public (or to the people investigating Benghazi).

The FBI has said it will eventually release ALL known non-classified/non-sensitive emails from H's server to the public, but has to review each one. They have already released many.
Being there are many thousands of messages, it takes time to verify that all the people, places, events, and things mentioned in them are not classified or sensitive references.

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Huffman must go by lophophore · 2016-12-12 12:22 · Score: 1

Huffman must go.
If reddit users don't trust the community, there will be no community. Huffman did the unthinkable by covertly editing users posts; the only way reddit can recover users' trust is that Huffman must go.

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1. Re:Huffman must go by Ash-Fox · 2016-12-12 12:39 · Score: 1
  
  Huffman did the unthinkable by covertly editing users posts
  Wow, Reddit users think this is unthinkable, such sheeple.
  
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Re:It's easier if you know there are 3 sets of lea by Xenographic · 2016-12-12 12:24 · Score: 2

That would be great, if not for the fact that Hillary didn't release all of the emails to the FBI to begin with. The FBI only got paper copies after a lot of them were deleted and /u/stonetear (AKA Hillary's IT guy, Paul Combetta) had done whatever he was doing in that infamous post.
Also, we know now that they use a bunch of aliases that make it hard to tell who is who. Here's a short cheat-sheet of those I happen to know. All of this is easily discovered by reading Wikileaks, so every item is an open secret at this point to anyone who cares to find out. I'm sure I forgot a few so feel free to correct me. This is interesting because sometimes there are subpoenas / FOIA requests that only target specific email addresses or names.
Hillary Clinton
hrod
HRC
Evergreen
Chelsea Clinton
CVC
Diane Reynolds
Anthony Wiener
Carlos Danger
Better me a "has been" vs. you "never was" by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:30 · Score: 0

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1. Re:Better me a "has been" vs. you "never was" by Ash-Fox · 2016-12-12 12:47 · Score: 2
  
  APK Hosts File Engine 9.0++ SR-4 32/64-bit
  
  Doesn't block the above ad! Absolutely terrible!
  
  Want more?
  Why don't you include all the negative reviews that you have been keeping in your dossiers of everyone that responds to your ads?
  
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2. Re:Better me a "has been" vs. you "never was" by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:54 · Score: 0
  
  So, as usual you either cannot read or ignore things you are uncomfortable with answering.
  I ask, again, when were you representing LeMoyne?
  Please prove you were ever a "1st string athlete" as you claim. A link to a roster of the Dolphins that shows your name will do.
  You have used these claims to 'prove' that you aren't fat and unfit.
  Without any evidence to support them, apart from your claim, then these are as believable as any other internet tubby claiming they are an Adonis.
  I predict that as you can not provide proof, you will
  a) try to attack me and demand that you don't have to listen to my criticism unless I can prove I am better than you.
  b) try to deflect/change-the-topic and use your hosts file editor as proof that you are successful
  c) try to make something of the fact that I'm posting as AC
  and then you'll make some kind of 'I've been beating you for years' statement which is a sure sign that you're trying to paper over the cracks and that you're feeling particularly threatened.
  Over to you.
It's all her fault by The+Evil+Atheist · 2016-12-12 12:31 · Score: 1

It all must be Ellen Pao's fault. Somehow.

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That is a Physical Impossibility by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:32 · Score: 0

And the best of these systems could trickle down into a way to confirm that a ballot you cast on an electronic voting machine has not been tampered with.
That is an impossibility. I don't mean technically, I mean by the laws of physics.
You can not have both a secret ballot and a verifiable ballot.
That's because verification is literally the process of removing secrecy.
I really dont see why anyone cares by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:35 · Score: 0

Sounds like kids in their school government fighting. Its a damn forum site with no legitimacy, who cares again?
Grow the Fuck Up by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:40 · Score: 0

Wikileaks pointed out the suspicious death of DNC intern Seth Rich who was murdered but not robbed in the middle of the night
Oh jesus fucking christ.
Wikileaks trying to glom onto his murder was one of the biggest reasons I stopped trusting them.
Its yet another variation on the bullshit "clinton murders" conspiracy theory and not only is it intellectually bankrupt it is demeaning to Mr Rich himself, making his death into a tool to diminish his own work and political beliefs.
Re:It's easier if you know there are 3 sets of lea by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 12:52 · Score: 0

> The FBI has said it will eventually release ALL known non-classified/non-sensitive emails from H's server to the public
No they have not. At most they will only release those emails that are about government business.
1984-1985 (then injury)... apk by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 13:10 · Score: 0

See subject - eat your words & they owe me 9 points from 84 too per Kevin McNeill:
Alexander:
Thank you for your note... Coach Sheehan forwarded it on to me. In our office we uncover new information regarding our past every day. After running some quick numbers, I noticed that there is a 9 goal differential between our 7 game schedule/results and our team statistics. I am assuming that you tallied the difference. I will also add '84 to your list of varsity letters....unfortunately, we do no longer issue lettermen jackets or letters to our student-athletes.
I will try to touch base with Tom Diel over the summer to verify and we will see what we can do about updating the numbers.
Thank you again for brining this to our attention.
Best wishes.
Kevin
Kevin McNeill
Le Moyne College Athletics
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P.S.=> EAT YOUR WORDS... apk
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I see you need more, lol... apk by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 13:17 · Score: 0

take a look at the APK hosts file engine by SuperKendall

I find your hosts file admirable by vel-ex-tech

I support APK's stand on the hosts file by Trax3001BBS

Your premise that hostfiles are a good way to deal with advertising and malvertising is quite valid by JazzLad

No complaints from me, I like APK... Reminds me to use a host file. Also, his stuff is free by aaaaaaargh!

APK's monolithic hosts file is looking pretty good by Culture20

APK... Awesome to see he's still spreading the good word by Molochi

ABP is insufficient as a solid hosts file does everything that APK reminds us about by fast turtle

APK isn't wrong by cfalcon

APK, I know people give you a lot of shit regarding hosts, but please don't ever stop by nasredin

You need APK's hosts file by Teun

APK solution STILL relevant by Thud457

you're right about hosts files by drinkypoo

APK
P.S.=> So HOW ABOUT YOU?
So how can you believe the Russia BS? by Xenographic · 2016-12-12 13:26 · Score: 1

Wikileaks trying to glom onto his murder was one of the biggest reasons I stopped trusting them.
Its yet another variation on the bullshit "clinton murders" conspiracy theory and not only is it intellectually bankrupt it is demeaning to Mr Rich himself, making his death into a tool to diminish his own work and political beliefs.
If you're saying there's no proof that Clinton is in any way connected, I'll agree with you. If you're saying we know who killed Seth Rich or why, I'll have to disagree. There are public facing surveillance cameras all around that area, many of which have been mapped out by volunteers. Somehow, his killer or killers have thus far avoided being identified on any of them, though it's being actively investigated. Wikileaks lost their source and then a DNC staffer happened to die. There are enough staff that this could be simply coincidental and it's not clear that even Wikileaks knows who its source was with any certainty. We won't really know anything about this until the actual killer(s) are caught.
You can mistrust Wikileaks' motives all you want, but the email I linked to can be verified cryptographically. It's not like all the Wikileaks docs are even harmful to Clinton. They actually did have an analysts report claiming there was some video causing unrest in Benghazi at the time. We're not able to find any other evidence to support that, but they did actually have a reason to believe that particular claim, even if it appears to have been incorrect in hindsight. Also, they've started leaking items related to Trump now, but that hasn't really been noticed yet.
1. Re:So how can you believe the Russia BS? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 13:35 · Score: 0
  
  > If you're saying there's no proof that Clinton is in any way connected, I'll agree with you.
  Stop there and we are good. Everything else you wrote is bullshit conspiracy theory of the worst sort based on literally no evidence at all.
  GROW THE FUCK UP.
2. Re:So how can you believe the Russia BS? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 13:43 · Score: 0
  
  So we know who killed Seth Rich? Hmm, interesting. So who done it?
3. Re:So how can you believe the Russia BS? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 14:29 · Score: 0
  
  > why do I know you spent eight fucking years posting BOOOOSH!!!! LIED!!!!?
  I didn't. But Congress did.
  
  Congress eventually concluded that the Bush administration had "overstated" its dire warnings about the Iraqi threat, and that the administration's claims about Iraq's WMD program were "not supported by the underlying intelligence reporting."
  The CIA Just Declassified the Document That Supposedly Justified the Iraq Invasion
4. Re:So how can you believe the Russia BS? by Xenographic · 2016-12-12 14:49 · Score: 1
  
  Which is doubly interesting given that the CIA thinks we know the Russians did the hacks (which? the DNC leaks? Podesta dump? HRC's server [which hasn't been released save for some redacted paper copies from the US Government]?) ... based not on new evidence, but on circumstantial evidence... which they won't show us.
5. Re:So how can you believe the Russia BS? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 15:19 · Score: 0
  
  I'm sure you think that was a meaningful and relevant reply.
  It wasn't.
He should be fired immediately by samantha · 2016-12-12 13:32 · Score: 2

Users will not trust Reddit headed by someone that edits their posts "because I can" for any reason whatsoever. This is more than a relatively innocent screwup. This is clear fraud and violation of the fundamental nature of Reddit. FIRE!
1. Re:He should be fired immediately by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 05:39 · Score: 0
  
  remember Aaron Swartz was murdered because he found a trail between MIT and Human Trafficking!
  same thing, Andrew Breitbart called out John Podesta then he had a heart attack. funny thing, the doctor who looked at his body also died= arsenic poisoning. there is more.. https://dcpizzagate.wordpress.com/
  http://www.newnationalist.net/2016/12/10/150-terabytes-norway-busts-largest-dark-web-child-porn-networks-in-history-us-uk-media-ignore-story/
  #PizzaGate is REAL
Glad he did it... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 13:51 · Score: 0

Frankly, if he hired hit men for The_donald's mods, I'd send money for his defense.
So horrible that their little triggers got wiggled.
I trust him. Just wish he'd get creative and solve the nazi shitstormers that are poisoning the place. Let them all go to voat and scream in unison.
1. Re:Glad he did it... by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 08:14 · Score: 0
  
  Frankly, if he hired hit men for The_Hillary's mods, I'd send money for his defense.
  So horrible that their little triggers got wiggled.
  I trust him. Just wish he'd get creative and solve the commy shitstormers that are poisoning the place. Let them all go to voat and scream in unison.
1985 stats (make it easy on you)... apk by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 14:01 · Score: 0

See subject & http://lemoynedolphins.com/sports/2014/5/21/mlaxHistory.aspx?path=mlax from our overall history http://lemoynedolphins.com/sports/2014/5/21/mlaxHistory.aspx?path=mlax/ & here's the 1984 season Mr. Kevin McNeill referred to where they owe me 9 points more in my last reply http://lemoynedolphins.com/custompages/Statistics/MLAX/1984/1984.htm/ so in a 14 game schedule (1st varsity team @ LeMoyne which went on to LEGENDARY greatness) I scored 11 times - almost EVERY game I played in as both an attackman (1st yr. & starter) & midfielder (2nd yr. sometimes starting & got injured ending it for me permanently... it was fun - there's a REASON the legendary Jim Brown in the NFL said he preferred Lacrosse over football).
* My greatest joys were scoring vs. Syracuse University (division I champ year in & year out since then, more times than ANYONE (this is SPARTA, Syracuse, is why - my hometown)) & the GREAT Toddy Curry (all-world & old friend of mine from the legendary West Genesee highschool where I learned the game) said "Nice shot, Al!" - coming from him? Highest compliment possible. He & Tom Korrie (was their leading scorer all time & @ WG last I knew) were pals of mine (Tom taught me how to string "corner pockets" in fact) - both legendary, & good men!
APK
P.S.=> Oh, yea - LeMoyne's NEVER been shut out (a record iirc) & guess WHO STOPPED THAT twice? Yours truly... apk
1. Re:1985 stats (make it easy on you)... apk by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 16:05 · Score: 0
  
  Thank you. That was unexpected. That is proof that you played in 1985.
  As to 'eating my words' - you are correct, I did not expect you to answer. Point to you.
  A few points. You provide a link to the stats for 1984, but you aren't listed (unless I'm missing something).
  While you don't provide a link to 1985, it lists you as having played 11 games and scored twice (again, please correct me if I am reading this incorrectly). Is that because you stopped playing because of injury. Are the numbers under 'games played- games started' incorrect (because it seems to list you playing 11 games in 1985)? That's the only way I can make sense of your claim of having played 14 games.
  Now, if you played 14 games, the best case is you played 7 in 1984 (scoring 9 points) and another 7 in 1985 (scoring two points before stopping due to injury).
  Even if we assume that both of the 1985 points occurred in different games, you scored in 7 (1984) and 2 (1985) games for 9 in 14, not 11 in 14. That's 64% - hardly 'almost EVERY game' no matter how you capitalise it.
  More, if I am reading this correctly, you played for a team that won 3 games in 2 years and 18 games. You played one season in 1984 (no stats) and part of a season in 1985 (games played incorrect?). This took place 31 years ago. And this is what you base your claim of being "a 1st string athlete" on?
  That was 31 years ago. Are you serious? Someone calls you 'fat' and you say 'no I'm not, I played one-and-a-half seasons of college lacrosse 31 years ago for a team that won 3 games in 2 years' and that's your 'defence'?
  What the hell have you done, since? I mean, that's a _long_ time to be resting on some pretty dubious laurels.
  PS => I have a 'friend' who is always telling people about these awesome and amazing people, and how much these awesome and amazing people think that this 'friend' is great and how this one time, when they (the 'friend') had done something great, these awesome and amazing people said "that was great, and awesome, and amazing" and it was the most awesome and amazing thing that they could have said ...
  It comes across as desperately insecure. It usually crops up when they are feeling cornered and can't argue the point themselves, so they try a kind of argumentum ad populum.
  And so as you don't get confused, I'll start signing the anonymous posts I make;
  YT
Hmm, so who has more facts here? by Xenographic · 2016-12-12 14:12 · Score: 2

> Everything else you wrote is bullshit conspiracy theory
Everything else? Not going to be specific, just going to write off everything?
I said we don't know who killed him and why. Surely you're not actually contradicting that part? Look at the police report, there's just not much there.
Are you contradicting the part where I said there are security cameras in the area? Here's a nice list of them and maps. You can walk all around Flagler Place & W St. NW and look at them if you want. The linked thread has a picture of each one. Feel free to post your own photos showing the cameras aren't where they are shown to be.
Now if you're saying the killer(s) were found on camera, contrary to what I said above, well, the only source I can find claiming that is Fox News and there's been nothing public about it since then as far as I know. Should I be taking their word for it? Is that the point you want to argue?
I can go over DKIM cryptography if you want or pull the keys for you directly from the relevant DNS servers (they're still there... for now). Anyone who tries to tell you they've modified those has apparently hacked both Google and Hillary, or broken DKIM's cryptography. Do you need a lesson in exactly how to pull the keys from the DNS servers? Would you like to look at the RFC? Should we discuss what non-repudiation means and why it's important here?
But it's probably the Wikileaks thing, right? All I've said is "this is what Wikileaks said and why." I can only really go on what they've said, which is that they don't know who their sources are exactly. This implies that the only way they know a source is gone is that they cannot contact them any longer. There are surely many ways for this to be purely coincidental and I've said as much. But that puts you in the position of not disagreeing with something I said, but something I said someone else said. And they certainly did say what they said, you can go read it on the Wikileaks Twitter account if you wish.
Perhaps you are you disagreeing with the parts where I said Clinton didn't actually lie? You weren't very specific, you know. I pretty much have to guess here.
So please identify the specific item(s) you're disagreeing with here. I have specific, public sources that I have linked to. And if you're going to natter on about conspiracies based on "literally no evidence" please actually talk about the evidence I have presented instead of pretending you can't see it. Or make sure you disagree with claims I've actually made, not something someone else said.
As you may note, my posts above did not say that Clinton did anything to Seth Rich, nor have I alleged any direct evidence thereof, I just pointed out that people, like Wikileaks, have been suspicious, which is demonstrably true however much you hate them for it.
1. Re:Hmm, so who has more facts here? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 14:25 · Score: 0
  
  > I said we don't know who killed him and why.
  And that is exactly where you need to stop. Everything else you write is either irrelevant to his murder or grade A factless conspiracy theory.
2. Re:Hmm, so who has more facts here? by Xenographic · 2016-12-12 14:43 · Score: 1
  
  You're reading too much into things, then. Your definition of "factless" also needs work given that I've given verifiable sources for my statements while you have yet to pick out even one single statement to confront head on, presumably because the ones you wish to confront aren't things I've actually said...
3. Re:Hmm, so who has more facts here? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 14:48 · Score: 0
  
  > You're reading too much into things,
  That's fucking rich coming from a dedicated conspiracy theorist like yourself.
  What part of irrelevant do you fail to understand?
4. Re:Hmm, so who has more facts here? by Xenographic · 2016-12-12 16:54 · Score: 1
  
  > What part of irrelevant do you fail to understand?
  It was relevant--to the charges you made of having posted something not true or not supported by fact.
  I never said it proved anything about Hillary Clinton. Quite the opposite, in fact.
  Anyhow, it's clear that you're reading what you imagined I would say and not what I've actually said, so I don't suppose there's any reason to reply further at this point.
5. Re:Hmm, so who has more facts here? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 19:10 · Score: 0
  
  > I never said it proved anything about Hillary Clinton.
  And yet you can't fucking shut up about connecting her to his murder.
  You self-absorbed partisan shitstain. His life is not a pawn for your conspiracy fantasies.
Ash-Fox: "In a real sense, we were Gods..." by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 14:27 · Score: 0

See subject "We had the power of life & death. We could've struck out from Olympus & destroyed https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9962449&cid=53443413/ - We have no wish to destroy..."
I also know it's you giving me guff on my sports stuff you can't manage in YOUR wasted troll life in other posts here just as you did on my comp. sci. ones I point out in the link above that you'll NEVER manage too)
* You do it to yourself continually trolling me so THAT link above was necessary (1 of literally dozens I have of you starting up w/ me to your eventual dismay which your reactions trolling me prove easily now too)!
What is your problem? Jealous?? I think so, lol...
(You do that to yourself too being a "ne'er-do-well" on your part IS why (blame yourself, not I)).
APK
P.S.=> As I alluded to for Mr. Huffman earlier & keeping in that spirit from here https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53471533/ ? That's my point here... apk
1. Re:Ash-Fox: "In a real sense, we were Gods..." by Ash-Fox · 2016-12-12 21:40 · Score: 1
  
  I also know it's you giving me guff on my sports stuff
  You "know" incorrectly.
  
  just as you did on my comp. sci. ones
  You mean how I told you repeatedly that the power usage of a DNS server doesn't seem to effect the wattage on my computers nor routers?
  
  What is your problem?
  You are malicious and are the very antithesis of the cure you're claiming to be.
  
  I think so, lol...
  Considering you were wrong about about "knowing" about who is behind those posts, it's not suprising you're wrong agin.
  
  That's my point here...
  I'm afraid, Mr. Kowalski, your hosts files will not protect you from clarinet hackers.
  
  --
  Change is certain; progress is not obligatory.
Proof I lettered 2x too... apk by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 15:31 · Score: 0

1985 http://lemoynedolphins.com/sports/2014/5/29/MLAX_0529144330.aspx/ (& email proof https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53473093/ that should correct it for 1984 too soon enough - you can even call Mr. Kevin McNeill on it, the contact info.'s there (I forgot all about it, lol)).
* LOL, I feel like Bruce Springsteen's tune "Glory Days" (which oddly, used to play in those days) because that was SO long ago, it's (rolling stones now) "just a memory" - albeit a GOOD one I'm proud to have achieved (big on the "Greek Ideal" here, of sound mind & body - & I was LUCKY to have been surrounded by GREAT outstanding people for much of life in all pursuits - great influences on me).
APK
P.S.=> So again:
EAT YOUR WORDS! & Ash-Fox? Face facts - you WISH you were me, lol - but alas? You're a "ne'er-do-well"!
You brought this on yourself - by now, you ought to have learned I don't "bs" about things (don't dare do it around here in the "show me state" of the internet itself, /.)... apk
Too Much Authority by KYPackrat · 2016-12-12 16:21 · Score: 3, Interesting

A few months ago, our CEO lost badge access to our main data center. That was his pride and joy, and now he needs an escort in, because his job doesn't involve any requirement to work inside the room.
If you are a content provider, you probably need one or two people who are capable of editing any post, so that you can fix problems. However, there is no way that the CEO should have that kind of power. The fact that the CEO can just randomly edit content anywhere on the site, without auditing or accountability means that there is a culture out of control.
Monumental Opsec failure by fearofdecaf · 2016-12-12 17:01 · Score: 2

There is no legitimate reason the CEO of a company should have administrative access to that data and editing privileges in the first place. Not once you have more than three employees anyhow.
I'd question why the capacity for an administrator to directly edit all users post data exists in the first place when you already have options to delete or hide the content. If there isn't the function built into the management interface and someone is directly editing the database contents, that's even worse.
The whole thing reeks of complete dysfuction at an operational level. No CEO should have that kind of access in the first place, let alone after they've demonstrated they can't be trusted not to use it recklessly.
You admit eating your words "YETI" (lol) by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 17:08 · Score: 0

See subject: Amazing. I see you saw the email to their athletic office that shows I played in 84 & scored 9x that year + they added to my "letter count" (only 85 shows so far).
I scored a total of 11 points in 14 games over 2 seasons - & I was a starter/1st my freshman year, sometimes in sophomore year too (nobody can play the entire game @ midfield where I moved, so 2nd string is as good as 1st - you play just as much)
I was pretty ok. I stopped shutouts vs. SU in 84 (national champ from then on) & RIT in 85 (great school in our division then - again, as LeMoyne's NEVER been shut out, ever - I stopped it twice vs. the best team in the nation from 80's to now, largely populated w/ guys I played with or against in highschool as All-Americans for national champs @ highschool + collegiate level, top divisions) we got our ASSES KICKED, lol but against 2 best teams our team ever played, to save us from the SHAME of shutout?
"You bring on APK"
Why? Proof's in the pudding:
I got the job done when nobody else could lol, fact.
&
Then I had an injury that stopped my sports career short.
Oh well!
It was fun while it lasted (there's NO game quite like it imo, even the NFL's all-time great Jim Brown agrees w/ me here on "the Creator's game").
The team I played on had some good players, more into my 2nd yr. importing other players from other schools, good ones, why I was moved from attack (iirc, 3rd leading scorer in my freshman year of 84 but we got 2 new good attackers, one ended up coaching Lemoyne in fact (invited me to play in an alumni game but I never made it... life's taken me other directions & I'm not in that kind of shape now - not like I was 15-30 @ least)).
Our coach then though? Fucking sucked. I couldn't stand him & it was likewise from he I am sure.
See, we had @ least 1.5 strings of really good players but he wasn't ever much of one himself so... what can I say??
Not much of a leader in the game imo or player (I burnt him in practice constantly with facedodges to score (he's outright slash you with the wooden stick he used which f'ing hurt)).
The names I mentioned? Trust me - they were GREAT players (best I ever saw & I played against them LONG before collegiate academia too + I was friends w/ both @ diff. times oddly enough (1 is 1 yrs. older than I, other same age)).
I state nothing but facts & I back them validly
So when I tell you that 31 yrs. later I'm 6'2" & 200 lbs. now after you & yours call me FAT?
I'm telling the truth - you & yours aren't & post behind unidentifiable anonymous posts trolling me?
LMAO!
I was ~175lbs. & only 6'0" then (I grew late, into my 20's in fact, got taller, but I think I was 'musclebound' held-down (benching 285lbs. @ that size) in height (the old wives tale? I know not. It's truth in my case - I got taller when I laid off weights)).
FUNNIEST PART HERE? I've actually done what I said (lettered, started, & helped set records on shutouts, scored on the best team in the nation etc.) - HAVE YOU?
YOU HAVE NO LAURELS, ROTFLMAO & YOU are giving ME guff for validly backing myself from credible sources on all fronts.
"YT" sounds like "YETI" (lol, I know someone who was a friend of mine we called that (he was a freak)).
LMAO - IF you're *ANYTHING* like him & I suspect you are? You get confused tying your shoes (lol) - don't bother sign off (you're only imitating me, & INFERIOR imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - why? It PROVES you WISH you were ME, lol!)
APK
P.S.=> What've I done since? Well this recently, have you done better?
https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9985661&cid=53470407/ ... & in th
1. Re:You admit eating your words "YETI" (lol) by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 11:18 · Score: 0
  
  You admit eating your words "YETI" (lol)
  I was wrong. I acknowledged and admitted it. I didn't call you names or mock you. Your behaviour is childish. Please stop.
  
  Then I had an injury that stopped my sports career short.
  Well, that would certainly explain why you haven't done anything athletic in the last 31 years and are living on the glory of your youth, so to speak.
  
  [ramblings about playing college lacrosse snipped]
  
  The names I mentioned? Trust me - they were GREAT players
  They may well have been. Your need to bolster your own position by mentioning how these GREAT people thought you were great is the point.
  
  I state nothing but facts & I back them validly
  No, you mix facts and personal opinion pretty thoroughly and appear unable to distinguish between the two. It's powerfully narcissistic.
  
  So when I tell you that 31 yrs. later I'm 6'2" & 200 lbs. now after you & yours call me FAT?
  Go back and re-read the thread. I didn't call you fat. Someone else did. I was questioning your counter-argument - that you weren't fat because you are "a 1st string athlete". No, you _were_ a college lacrosse player for a season and a half for a fairly ordinary team. That's great, but it says _nothing_ about what you are now. All we have is your statement of being "6'2" & 200 lbs." Your lacrosse 'career' does not 'validly back up' your statement. Your proof of your lacrosse career proves only that you played lacrosse 31 years ago. This has no bearing on your current fitness.
  So let's try again. You say you are 6'2" and 200 lbs. You may well be. I have no way of knowing and you haven't provided any proof of anything except that 30 years ago you got injured and stopped playing lacrosse. What have you done, athletically, since?
  
  post behind unidentifiable anonymous posts trolling me
  I have remained civil. I have not called you names as you have done me. I have not crowed, put you down, mocked you or similar as you have me and as you do any time you think you have 'scored a point' or 'won'. I have not trolled you. I have challenged statements you have made, that is all, and when you have answered my questions, I have thanked you and acknowledged when I was wrong.
  I am as anonymous as you. As a favour, because it seems to matter to you, I have agreed to 'sign' my posts the same way you do. I'm happy to identify any posts in the past that you think are mine (I am not Ash Fox. I am a registered user but don't wish to be followed from thread to thread by you). I do not log out to post anonymously, so am limited by how often I can post. I have never modded you down (I take the suggestion that modding up is more useful than modding down) and have, some time ago, modded one of your posts up that while I disagreed with it, was on-topic and informative).
  
  I've actually done what I said (lettered, started, & helped set records on shutouts, scored on the best team in the nation etc.) - HAVE YOU?
  What? Done what I said? I've made no claims so not sure how it's relevant. Were I to talk about what I have done with respect to sport, it would just turn into you trying to one-up me, or claiming you are better than me because of [X]. I am uninterested in the 'dick measuring' contest that you turn so many discussions into. I am arguing the statements you make and reject the implication that I must have done something better than you to challenge the statements you make.
  
  YOU HAVE NO LAURELS, ROTFLMAO & YOU are giving ME guff for validly backing myself from credible sources on all fronts.
  You have no idea what I do or don't have because unlike you I am not appealing to past achievements to argue my current point.
  No, I am not 'giving you guff' for 'validly backing' yourself - I t
Fuck /u/spez by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 18:10 · Score: 0

He should resign immediately. I deleted my account over it. Reddit is the new Friendster
it's illegal, mispresenting and .. stupid. by gl4ss · 2016-12-12 18:34 · Score: 1

it's illegal, mispresenting and .. stupid.
"editing" opinional content is the worst thing ever a content publishing site can do. how about game reviews? movie reviews?
instead of editing he should have posted that everyone who believed in pizzagate were stupid as fuck.

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world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
Reddit. Not even once! by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 20:15 · Score: 0

Even one hit from the narcotic know as "Reddit" can transform an ordinary citizen into a rage filled SJW.
Defeat communism. End Reddit.
Why should he apooligize. by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 21:01 · Score: 0

Reddit exists to support he liberal agenda. Free speech and open dialogue are the antithesis to everything reddit is about. Conservatives need to go to Drudge or make up their own site.
hashtag bullshit by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 21:22 · Score: 0

This isn't some legal filing server, or your email provider. It's a fucking web forum. And one that lets you use it for free. If the CEO if a dick, take your eyeballs and go elsewhere*.
*Please
Reddit is what the NSA shoved down our throats when they got done sabatoging usenet. Don't pretend like twitter isn't the same with respect to IRC, or gmail with respect to email.
The FCC-10-201 fairy tale of an internet open to all competitors was a corrupt lie.
Redeem yourself by exposing SRS by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-12 22:23 · Score: 0

All of their alts. All of their PMs. All communication.
Ash-Fox you've started up here yet again by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 00:06 · Score: 0

"You are malicious and are the very antithesis of the cure you're claiming to be" - by Ash-Fox ( 726320 ) on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @04:40AM (#53474623)
See subject: Just as you did here a few days agp trolling me again https://news.slashdot.org/comm... & in links I posted you replied to!

"You "know" incorrectly" - by Ash-Fox ( 726320 ) on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @04:40AM (#53474623)
Anyone can see it in black & white. They're your words & account proving I am correct.
* I have DOZENS more like them!
APK
P.S.=>

"I'm afraid, Mr. Kowalski, your hosts files will not protect you from clarinet hackers" - by Ash-Fox ( 726320 ) on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @04:40AM (#53474623)
All I need is what I just stated to let you put yourself away again. People can read & see it themselves (& I can back up everything I said with proof of you trolling me like the loon you clearly are starting trouble up every time)... apk
TO: Reddit CEO Steve Huffman by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 00:09 · Score: 0

Fuck You
With Warmest Regards,
-Your Community
Classic case of abuse of power by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 02:18 · Score: 0

He needs to be black-balled from everything related to IT. He should also be prosecuted for "hacking" those people's accounts as well as sued for damages and "mental anguish"....
U admit DNSware eats more moving goalposts by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 02:24 · Score: 0

See you quoted there above & where you ADMIT they consume more power next:

""Electricity wise, not enough to make any noticeable difference on my wattage meter when I turned the DNS server off." - by Ash-Fox (726320) on Friday June 22, @02:32PM (#40414665)
But THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
(One not in favor of locally installed DNS in DNS software added on)
You "up" that in routers WHICH YOU SUDDENLY SWITCHED TO!
(By "moving the goalposts" AFTER I POINTED THAT ALL OUT + THAT YOUR UDP->TCP USE "FIX" IN DNS EATS EVEN MORE)
Don't even TRY say you didn't when this proves you ran a DNS software daemon before routers, using vulnerable as hell routers instead https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8097005&cid=50660339/
APK
P.S.=> Then there's 100's of DNS security issues https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9007355&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=51969075/ - should I put out 100's of router security issues too? Ask & "ye shall receive"... apk
1. Re:U admit DNSware eats more moving goalposts by Ash-Fox · 2016-12-13 02:47 · Score: 1
  
  (One not in favor of locally installed DNS in DNS software added on)
  I actually explained to you how the local dns cache on some linux distros are actually fully blown DNS servers and with a slight modification it does what I told you too.
  
  You "up" that in routers WHICH YOU SUDDENLY SWITCHED TO!
  Yes! Sometimes we get new hardware, like routers and refactor how things work at home. What an amazing ability! I'm not trapped in the past using hosts files like you are. You can't even acknowledge that your stuff doesn't even work on game consoles (speaking of which, I'm getting the Switch when it comes out), mobile phones etc.
  
  Lameness filter hating your TCP-UDP exerpt
  No it doesn't, otherwise the wattage would increase in my equipment.
  P.S.=> The problem is, I know your secret, Mr. Kowalski. You see, I can speak Polish and I know you're really Mr. Smith, or should we say... Agent Smith. No matter how many sockpuppet agents you send, you will never win.
  
  --
  Change is certain; progress is not obligatory.
LMAO by p51d007 · 2016-12-13 02:28 · Score: 1

Oh, this is one of the "elitist" that GOT CAUGHT doing something that if it were anyone else, would be saying off with their heads. Now that the tables have been turned, he wants forgiveness?
Routers = security issue riddled like DNS by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 03:37 · Score: 0

See subject: Want me to post 100's as I did w/ DNS software?
(YOU'RE "RUNNING FORREST" from that like you did the 100's of DNS security issues I enumerated, lol!)
Ash-Fox: It's IMPOSSIBLE to say DNS doesn't eat more (gb's of RAM) locally installed http://www.bing.com/search?q=dns+memory+occupancy&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=dns+memory+occupancy&sc=0-20&sp=-1&sk=&cvid=09E61C48D09C442283473AF93FDF3BC3/
My personal hosts file, 2nd largest in existence afaik, is a native part of the IP stack & OS itself = Only mb's in comparison to GB's on DNS!++++
(FACT & COMMON-SENSE: When you charge & use more RAM, you eat MORE power...)
APK
P.S.=> Windows usermode slow DNScache = faulty - breaks on large hosts files in kernelmode speed (more cpu servicing) w/ less "moving parts complexity" for EXPLOIT/BREAKDOWN! apk
1. Re:Routers = security issue riddled like DNS by Ash-Fox · 2016-12-13 03:56 · Score: 1
  
  It's IMPOSSIBLE to say DNS doesn't eat more (gb's of RAM) locally installed
  Hey look, it's full of Windows 2008 issues, an operating system that ended mainstream support in 2015 and I specifically mentioned "Linux distributions" that already included a DNS server by default as a resolver, you go in the completely wrong direction.
  
  Only mb's in comparison to GB's on DNS!
  Wrong, I have disproven this repeatedly by showing you that blocking an entire domain is a one liner in a DNS zone record, meanwhile it's taking almost a terabyte of a file to generate all possible subdomains for just one domain that, even on your preferred operating system, won't load and breaks.
  
  When you charge & use more RAM, you eat MORE power
  Again, I told you when I stopped the DNS server, I saw no drop in wattage in my socket wattage reader, at all.
  
  DNScache
  You forgot to mention how Windows won't load hosts files as large as the multi-GB ones I generated to block just ONE entire domain.
  
  --
  Change is certain; progress is not obligatory.
PROOF 30x you start trouble trolling me by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 04:05 · Score: 0

See subject - no denying you harassed me 1st starting shit in 'em 2011-present:
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2024512&cid=35403488/
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2024512&cid=35403488/
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3153677&cid=41509383/
https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3110069&cid=41310703/
https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3132237&cid=41402837/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3149609&cid=41488037/
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3153677&cid=41509383/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2931443&cid=40409733/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3929071&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=44175653/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4127345&cid=44676119/
https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3929071&cid=44175653/
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5111247&cid=46903077/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5538231&cid=47694971/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5572203&cid=47739407/
https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5620727&cid=47815061/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=6895585&cid=48975515/
https://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=6999567&cid=49105879/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7517371&cid=49865707/
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7580903&cid=49957601/
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7580903&cid=49957601/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8097005&cid=50660339/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8171009&cid=50734183/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8216269&cid=50792421/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8667099&cid=51378337/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8667099&cid=51378993/
https://
DNS eats more (gb's vs. hosts = mb's) by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 04:14 · Score: 0

See subject: DNS has more parts complexity for exploit/breakdown + inefficiency I posted valid links to in larger data complexity in rules by line to process = gb's of RAM + CPU use (meaning MORE power consumed) vs. hosts in mere mb's.
(Funniest part is your UDP->TCP "fix" for security issues DNS has MAKES IT CONSUME MORE & DO MORE PACKET & CPU WORK too (eating more power in RAM + CPU))
* Toss in DNS security issues by the 100's I posted too? LOL!
APK
P.S.=> Ash-Fox - again: My hosts file, 2nd largest in existence, does not charge & use gb's of RAM like DNS does with it's SECURITY RIDDLED ISSUES (worst part) + MORE MOVING PARTS FOR EXPLOIT/BREAKDOWN & inefficiency (no denying mb's in hosts vs. gb's in DNS I posted) - you FAIL vs. facts I posted links to... apk
1. Re:DNS eats more (gb's vs. hosts = mb's) by Ash-Fox · 2016-12-13 10:26 · Score: 1
  
  Agent Smith, as per usual, you are drifting from topic to topic. The fact is, your solution isn't blocking your own ads. You've proved in your recent replies to me how you keep dossiers on everyone and try to use them against people. You are one of the most malicious advertisers I've ever encountered.
  Nie wolno.
  
  --
  Change is certain; progress is not obligatory.
ADBLOCK reddit by sproketboy · 2016-12-13 04:16 · Score: 1

It's the only thing these assholes will understand.
You are not American - you can't understand by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 04:29 · Score: 0

As such you can't possibly understand how important freedom of expression is.
This includes not being edited behind the scenes by some man-child who just destroyed his company's value.
The only thing he can do now is man up and resign.
Anything less will lead to the destruction of the company. Rightfully so.
You are blaming the victims for being upset at being victimized by an authoritarian thug. Disgusting.
his own photos are damning evidence PizzaGate by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 05:34 · Score: 0

That clown posted sick pix of himself! no other evidence could be more damning than what he released himself!
same thing for Podesta brothers and Alefantis. they published photos of the kinky sick crap =subjugation of children
nuff said! >_ #DrainTheSwamp!
here is the interview Geraldo Rivera did in Nebraska
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTCqZ7HiHw
this is a documentary by Discovery Channel i
Conspiracy of Silence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x-IZS8uKYo
I dare you to watch them and say it's b.s.
Re:It's easier if you know there are 3 sets of lea by Tablizer · 2016-12-13 05:40 · Score: 1

Okay, I stand corrected. As I understand it, eventually ALL (recoverable) emails on the server were put under subpoena, and thus subject to judicial review. Now, whether the personal emails will all be released to the public and/or 'Ghazi committee, I don't know. I see no reason why the Ghazi committee or public needs to know about her yogurt and yoga and thus see no reason why a judge would approve publication of such.

--
Table-ized A.I.
You've been completely offtopic trolling by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 12:03 · Score: 0

See subject: It's all you do - 20++ specific incidences of you doing so my way as proof in links below (no denying it):
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2024512&cid=35403488/
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3153677&cid=41509383/
https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3110069&cid=41310703/
https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3132237&cid=41402837/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3149609&cid=41488037/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3929071&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=44175653/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4127345&cid=44676119/
https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3929071&cid=44175653/
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5111247&cid=46903077/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5538231&cid=47694971/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5572203&cid=47739407/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=6895585&cid=48975515/
https://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=6999567&cid=49105879/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7517371&cid=49865707/
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7580903&cid=49957601/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8667099&cid=51378337/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8667099&cid=51378993/
https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9380571&cid=52510101/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53472979/
https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9962449&cid=53438541/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53472979/
* Often behind my back when I'm not around &/or off-topic like here now!
APK
P.S.=> No escaping those OR the fact UR an admitted troll 2x https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5538231&cid=47677913/ & https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5538231&cid=47677837/
1. Re:You've been completely offtopic trolling by Ash-Fox · 2016-12-13 12:16 · Score: 1
  
  It's all you do
  People can check my posting history and see that, that is not all what I do.
  
  Often behind my back when I'm not around &/or off-topic like here now!
  How on Earth am I supposed to know when you're around or not? You're being ridiculous.
  
  --
  Change is certain; progress is not obligatory.
Who're you trying to fool unidentifiable ac? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 12:19 · Score: 0

"I was wrong. I acknowledged and admitted it. I didn't call you names or mock you. Your behaviour is childish" by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @06:18PM (#53479681)
See subject & these quotes from you as contrary proof:

"I hope that fat cunt APk" by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12, 2016 @04:34PM (#53471679)
See above.

"is another hollow claim" by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12, 2016 @07:07PM (#53472757)
EAT YOUR WORDS.

"you either cannot read or ignore things you are uncomfortable with answering" by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12, 2016 @07:54PM (#53473015)
I answered all & you ate your words for YOUR HOLLOW CLAIMS (lies).

"I predict that as you can not provide proof" by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 12, 2016 @07:54PM (#53473015)
You predicted WRONG!
* Playing victim on your end now is desperate when you're the criminal perpetrator off topic trolling & lying!
APK
P.S.=> You say I make hollow claims? Ok - what have YOU ever done (can't hide behind unidentifiable ac posts for that one & I DO "id" myself (which you tried doing telling me you WISH you were ME, imitation)... apk
1. Re:Who're you trying to fool unidentifiable ac? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 13:14 · Score: 0
  
  First quote is from me, signed YT.
  The second quote is not mine as I pointed out several time.
  The third quote is from a post I made before I started signing 'YT'. As I said, I am happy to identify posts that I make.
  You've quoted me out of context, so I will quote the whole sentence so that we are clear
  
  I'd love to check their roster and see if they actually have an APK listed or if this is another hollow claim.
  I asked for information to see if it was a hollow claim. You provided that information. Well done.
  Fourth quote is mine. You are correct, I predicted that you wouldn't provide proof. You did. This is now the third time we've gone over it.
  Congratulations! You're a winner! Good boy!
  I'm sorry, what exactly are you expecting? You did something I thought you weren't going to do. I was wrong.
  
  I answered all
  You certainly have not. What have you done, athletically, in the last 31 years?
  You're using membership of a college lacrosse team for two years as proof of something someone claimed about you, now. It's irrelevant.
  I spent some considerable amount of time in my last post pointing out that your answer to the first AC calling you 'fat' by referencing your college sporting history is not an answer. It says nothing about what you are doing now, or have done recently. Instead of answering that, all you've done is spent another post celebrating that I was wrong.
  
  Playing victim on your end now is desperate when you're the criminal perpetrator off topic trolling & lying
  How am I playing victim? What crime have I committed? What lie have I told? You're just making up insults, now.
  I acknowledge that this is off-topic, but please, pot; kettle.
  If you can't tell the difference between trolling and people disagreeing with you and challenging you, then that's your lack, not mine.
  
  what have YOU ever done
  You don't read very well, do you? I've already told you that I reject your assertion that I have to have exceeded you before you will accept criticism or challenge. This is a form of argumentum ad hominem. You are trying to dismiss my criticism or challenges by attacking me.
  
  (which you tried doing telling me you WISH you were ME
  No, you are projecting your need for respect and admiration on to me and my behaviour. I'm signing my posts because you lack the ability to distinguish between ACs based on tone, language, word choice etc.
  YT
It's all you do to me admitted troll by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 12:36 · Score: 0

Deny 21 specific incidences FROM your post history as trolling me's ALL YOU'VE DONE HERE NOW too:
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2024512&cid=35403488/
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3153677&cid=41509383/
https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3110069&cid=41310703/
https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3132237&cid=41402837/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3149609&cid=41488037/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3929071&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=44175653/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4127345&cid=44676119/
https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3929071&cid=44175653/
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5111247&cid=46903077/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5538231&cid=47694971/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5572203&cid=47739407/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=6895585&cid=48975515/
https://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=6999567&cid=49105879/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7517371&cid=49865707/
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7580903&cid=49957601/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8667099&cid=51378337/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8667099&cid=51378993/
https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9380571&cid=52510101/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53472979/
https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9962449&cid=53438541/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53472979/
* Often behind my back when I'm not around &/or off-topic like here now!
(You're BUSTED, troll!)
APK
P.S.=> No escaping those OR the fact UR an admitted troll 2x https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5538231&cid=47677913/ & https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5538231&cid=47677837/
1. Re:It's all you do to me admitted troll by Ash-Fox · 2016-12-13 13:01 · Score: 1
  
  Nice off topic post, but let's get back to the topic since you insist so much on it.
  Your solution does not block your ads, which happen to be by a malicious advertiser that collects information on users in dossiers and attempts to use it against them, as can be seen above with your posts.
  I don't care if you are salty about some of my posts, but that is the reality behind it. You are that which you claim to be protecting people from.
  
  --
  Change is certain; progress is not obligatory.
U supply ammo doing it to yerself by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 13:34 · Score: 0

See subject: You're offtopic trolling & can't deny you've trolled me repeatedly (/.'er like + use my program - you've seen proofs of it earlier in this exchange):
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2024512&cid=35403488/
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3153677&cid=41509383/
https://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3110069&cid=41310703/
https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3132237&cid=41402837/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3149609&cid=41488037/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3929071&threshold=-1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&pid=44175653/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4127345&cid=44676119/
https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3929071&cid=44175653/
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5111247&cid=46903077/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5538231&cid=47694971/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5572203&cid=47739407/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=6895585&cid=48975515/
https://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=6999567&cid=49105879/
https://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7517371&cid=49865707/
https://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7580903&cid=49957601/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8667099&cid=51378337/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=8667099&cid=51378993/
https://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9380571&cid=52510101/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53472979/
https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9962449&cid=53438541/
https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53472979/
APK
P.S.=> UR an admitted troll 2x https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5538231&cid=47677913/ & https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=5538231&cid=47677837/
1. Re:U supply ammo doing it to yerself by Ash-Fox · 2016-12-13 14:25 · Score: 1
  
  can't deny you've trolled me repeatedly
  You have no idea what trolling is. You confuse baiting, flaming and trivial dismissal as trolling. Here is something you should know, APK -- I have yet to even try to troll you.
  I can clearly see you are incapable of decent reading comprehention, which means any sort of interesting troll would be completely wasted on you. You can't even grasp the thought experiments in our previous discussions.
  Now, back to the subject, since you insist:
  Your solution does not block your ads, which happen to be by a malicious advertiser that collects information on users in dossiers and attempts to use it against them, as can be seen above with your posts.
  
  --
  Change is certain; progress is not obligatory.
How'd EATING your WORDS taste? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 13:47 · Score: 0

See subject: As you refuse to prove you're not a "ne'er-do-well" unidentifiable anonymous troll answer it!
LOL - See here on that note https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53480147/
* Hint: Change your diet - EATING YOUR WORDS != Good nutrition & you'll die of malnutrition, lol!
APK
P.S.=> That's what "your kind" does, lol - & you wonder WHY you're do-nothing nobodies? Puh-leese... lmao! apk
1. Re:How'd EATING your WORDS taste? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 14:16 · Score: 0
  
  *laugh*
  And so you avoid the question, again.
  What have you done, athletically, in the last 31 years, or was college lacrosse the high point of your life?
  I've identified myself sufficiently for you to be able to work out which posts are coming from the same person. I've seen how you obsessively follow other users, posting replies on other threads insulting them and claiming 'victory' and I think I'd rather avoid it. You aren't a very nice person, I'm sorry to say. You seem incapable of any interaction other than trying to win. You ignore most of what people write, seizing only on what you can can prove wrong. You ignore anything challenging or 'answer' with logical fallacies. You insult and denigrate. It's sad.
  You seem to be trapped in the past. You ramble about the highlights of a sporting career that's three decades past. You work on a 'solution' to ads that may have been relevant a couple of decades ago, but has since been eclipsed. Your social skills, language use and ability to organise your thoughts come across as, literally, retarded - that is, you appear to have some kind of damage or developmental delay with respect to socialisation. I don't know if it's congenital, lifestyle or simply long years of isolation. I'm sorry, for you. That you spend your days posting the same thing, over and over again to a forum where most people think you're a crank is kind of pitiable.
  I have no problem 'eating my words'. I'm wrong on many occasions. It's how I learn. I have no particular pride in being right and I get no feeling of superiority when someone else is wrong. I've had a great many generous people share their knowledge and understanding with me. Ego is one of the biggest impediments to learning.
  You project your own terror of being wrong on to me. I don't care, but you certainly seem to. It's why you ignore certain questions and challenges. You seem to think that if you don't answer at all, you'll never be wrong. That you'll 'win'. But you are the only one playing that game. Few others care. They start by treating you like a rational adult, but after a few exchanges, they withdraw. You think you've 'beaten' them, but all that has happened is that you've proven that you aren't capable of interacting in any fashion other than this childish antagonism.
  People don't mod you down because you are 'right' or because you 'beat' them in an argument. Very few people think that way, but it's telling that you do.
  I'm done, on this topic. Another day, another thread and I might try getting you to think a bit about how you are interacting.
  For now, I am
  Yours Truly (YT)
LOL: U prove you're a pro @ trolling by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 14:45 · Score: 0

See subject: But nothing else (lol) & proof's in your FRUITLESS labors https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53480549/ trolling me only to have me do things you NEVER can or will https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53472897/ & https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53473115/ & shooting you down easily as YOU provide the ammo for my "dossiers" (you can't stand that, can you? You did it yourself & provide me PERFECT defense vs. your crap, troll).
APK
P.S.=> What's it LIKE being an admitted troll nobody? apk
1. Re:LOL: U prove you're a pro @ trolling by Ash-Fox · 2016-12-13 15:09 · Score: 1
  
  trolling me only to have me do things you NEVER can or will
  You think I fantasize about making an application that edits a text file and have some PC magazine in 1999 award it top utility of the year award or proud that some megacorp paid me to write a document for them?
  Haha, yeah, I guess I could never be well known for writing a very specific text editor for editing a very specific file!
  
  YOU provide the ammo for my "dossiers" (you can't stand that, can you?
  I think it's funny because you only prove my point every time you post it.
  Now back to the subject at hand:
  Your solution does not block your ads, which happen to be by a malicious advertiser that collects information on users in dossiers and attempts to use it against them, as can be seen above with your posts.
  
  --
  Change is certain; progress is not obligatory.
WHERE ARE YOUR MANNERS? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 15:13 · Score: 0

See subject: It's impolite to talk w/ your mouth full EATING YOUR WORDS ahref=https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53480147/rel=url2html-30622https://slashdot.org/comments....>
I answered your questions & YOU ASKED ABOUT MY PAST so I merely shut you down w/ it vs. your false accusations you nobody anonymous fool (easily).
Terror?
I answered your questions & made YOU eat your words - lol, you're too terrified to answer MY questions & I suspect you ARE a "ne'er-do-well" do-nothing nobody is why, lol!
Lastly: You ARE done - WELL done scorched (by yours truly - u did it to yourself).
APK
P.S.=> You beat yourself FAILING to answer MY questions Mr. Evasion (I've answered yours & nowadays? I do construction/rebuilds of my properties on all levels (electrical, plumbing, flooring, roofing, etc.), shovelling snow (have a snowblower though, 15 horse), cutting lawn, etc.)... apk
Who on /. speaks well of YOUR code AssFox? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-13 15:21 · Score: 0

See subject: I provide many here who do of mine (& malwarebytes hosting + recommending my work) - how about you "AssFox" (lol)?
* R O T F L M A O!
(Nobody does & you KNOW it! You languish in being a jealous little "ne'er-do-well" nobody...)
APK
P.S.=> You can TRY belittle me but facts https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53472897/ ARE FACTS https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53473115/ in MY favor from our /. peers!
Ones you don't have to YOUR credit & you never will, troll https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53480549/ ... apk
1. Re:Who on /. speaks well of YOUR code AssFox? by Ash-Fox · 2016-12-13 22:18 · Score: 1
  
  Who on /. speaks well of YOUR code AssFox?
  I don't fish for compliments and base my entire value based on what other people say.
  
  how about you "AssFox" (lol)?
  Name calling, so witty!
  
  You can TRY belittle me but facts
  I just read YT's comments you linked. Yeah, sounds pretty much what you do with every other argument. YT isn't wrong.
  Following what YT says about you not answering, I have to restate this:
  Your solution does not block your ads, which happen to be by a malicious advertiser that collects information on users in dossiers and attempts to use it against them, as can be seen above with your posts.
  
  --
  Change is certain; progress is not obligatory.
Ash-Fox trolling evasions? LMAO! by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-14 00:29 · Score: 0

FACT: /.'ers like my code https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53472897/ + https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53473115/ & malwarebytes' folks host & recommend it - how about you?
* Nothing, right?
(RIGHT)
APK
P.S.=> Why don't you have anything like that to show for yourself as I do? FACT: You're an ADMITTED troll is why https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53480549/ ... apk
1. Re:Ash-Fox trolling evasions? LMAO! by Ash-Fox · 2016-12-14 05:17 · Score: 1
  
  FACT: /.'ers like my code
  That's not really a fact. You have such a tiny portion of users in there. I'm a /.er and I don't even know your code and I imagine I won't like it either if I do see it.
  
  * Nothing, right?
  On slashdot? Probably not. But, I don't exactly consider Slashdot an authority on anything, it's specific individuals that fulfil that for me - You aren't really an authority on anything in my eyes. Besides, even if I did care for compliments and base my entire value based on what other people say, /. wouldn't be the first place I'd even look to get that value.
  Now, as you have gone off topic again, let's go back on topic:
  Your solution does not block your ads, which happen to be by a malicious advertiser that collects information on users in dossiers and attempts to use it against them, as can be seen above with your posts.
  
  --
  Change is certain; progress is not obligatory.
What /. users like & use your ware? by Anonymous Coward · 2016-12-14 06:45 · Score: 0

See subject: Answer the question (why do you avoid it, lol? I know why) - I suspect you don't write code @ all actually!
* You can TRY 'belittle' me & my program but facts https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53472897/ are facts https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53473115/ you can't deny!
* Another FACT: My program gives users more speed, security, reliability & anonymity doing so for FAR less resource use by using what you have already natively operating in faster kernelmode vs. slower usermode "so-called 'solutions'" that are full of bugs (locally installed DNS/antivirus) OR crippled to NOT work by default (addons) that do LESS & eat more resources, by far.
APK
P.S.=> You can't deny truth & facts above, NOR CAN YOU DENY YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A "ne'er-do-well" TROLL https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9986237&cid=53480549/ ... apk
So facts make you angry? by Xenographic · 2016-12-14 16:27 · Score: 1

If someone posting verifiable facts makes you uncomfortable, it says more about you than it does about me.