On: Reddit and the Struggle to Detoxify the Internet

[JorgeGT]

> Huffman can no longer edit the site indiscriminately

There's precisely zero proof of this.

[ManlyBread → JorgeGT]

Wasn't there a case where he did precisely that by editing a post of a Trump supporter?

[showerst → ManlyBread]

This sentence in the article is in response to that incident, claiming they've removed that ability.

[monksy → showerst]

He made the change in the database. They didn't remove functionality.

[adpirz → JorgeGT]

It's described in the article...

EDIT: I misunderstood OP, I thought the comment was saying there was zero proof of Huffman's ability to tamper in the first place. Agreed there's no way to prove he can't do this anymore.

[Nadya → adpirz]

Mind quoting the passage that describes the measures in place? I just read the entire article and absolutely zero proof is provided that Huffman can no longer edit things.

It mentions Spezgiving, followed by Huffman's apology, and then moves onto banning subreddits, to the meeting about banning subreddits, and ends at /r/Place and the worry it'd be nothing but swastikas. Absolutely nowhere is anything described about the measures in place to prevent Huffman - or anyone else at Reddit for that matter - from editing posts.

[adpirz → Nadya]

Thanks for clarifying, I misunderstood OP's comment, just updated my own.

[saynay → JorgeGT]

Obviously not, there is no way to prove it.

[bduerst → saynay]

i.e. You can't prove a negative

[losteric → JorgeGT]

Tampering can be detected with internet archives and data dumps of Reddit submissions/comments.

[sodafountan → losteric]

Anybody with unrestricted access to a SQL server can manipulate whatever they want.

[gruez → losteric]

and how many people are running bots/scrapers to do this? also, how do you know whether the OP edited it, or it was an admin?

[losteric → gruez]

There are multiple sources of internet archives and reddit-specific archivals.

re: edits; check whether the post sentiment changes, I'm not worried about admins fixing typos/grammar.

Also, investors understand trust is a prerequisite to profit... editing shenanigans are intolerable.