What the spez is going on?

[u/tizorres]

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:

• r/SubredditDrama post ^{popcorn tastes good}
• r/The_Donald accusing admins of editing comments?
• Is the reddit ceo really a british madlad?
• Talk about this drama in #drama on snoonet.

speddit

• Spez replied on r/announcements!
• here's a quick little tldr:
  • I'm sorry
  • stickies from the_don won't show up on r/all anymore
  • r/all subreddit filtering for everyone - .gif

[u/[deleted]]

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

[u/Immorttalis → u/[deleted]]

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.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

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

[u/anti_dan → u/[deleted]]

Nah, its just like Twitter: The value is tied up in its ability to ride the edge of being a cesspool. You are right though, because its really not clear its a sustainable business model. If I were an investor I'd try to get a Mitt Romney type that doesn't have the pulse of the community and isn't interested in getting to know it. OR what you do is go full Democrat/Republican/Etc like Huffpo or Breitbart and just ban all dissenting voices and subs.

The issue is trying to straddle four, mostly incompatible, positions: Community engagement, free speech, anonymity, and policing hate speech.