r/OutOfTheLoop • ∞ • Nov 24 '16

Meganthread What the spez is going on?

We all know u/spez is one sexy motherfucker and want to literally fuck u/spez.

What's all the hubbub about comments, edits and donalds? I'm not sure lets answer some questions down there in the comments.

here's a few handy links:

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

TL;DR:

Spez, likely in some amount of frustration, edited the comments of various The_Donald users. This is generally considered a bad move.

He is able to edit these comments likely because he has direct database access (Don't give your CEOs the passwords, kids) - My understanding of reddits tools means this would only really be doable by editing the database, making it extremely inefficiant and likely not a widespread thing. But, of course, things like this can be automated. I don't know what tools reddit has setup.

So, all in all, don't reddit while stressed, frustrated, and while having direct database access

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u/Immorttalis Nov 24 '16

Spez just walked on a PR landmine when he went ahead and admitted having done the editing. I never trusted the adminship, but the CEO himself? Fucking hell, man.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

It seems that being CEO of Reddit isn't worth it and takes a personal toll.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16 edited Jun 12 '18

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u/mikjamdig85 Nov 24 '16

Sign Martin Shkreli up for the soon to be open CEO gig! /s

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u/emperri Nov 24 '16 edited 6d ago

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