Reddit CEO Admits He Edited Comments On The 'Pizzagate' SubReddit

First Posted: Nov 26, 2016 04:50 AM EST
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Reddit's CEO Steve Huffman has admitted that he secretly edited posts made against him by Donald Trump supporters. Redditors on the site started insulting him after a subreddit called "r/The_Donald" which was a discussion on Pizzagate conspiracy theories was taken down.

Reddit's CEO Huffman admitted that he changed some mentions in the messages, but did not alter any messages. As reported in Techcrunch, he said,

"Yep. I messed with the "f**k u/spez" comments, replacing "spez" with r/the_donald mods for about an hour."

Reddit had earlier banned a discussion on a conspiracy theory, "Pizzagate." The theory was allegedly a fake news story about a pizza restaurant in Washington which was the center of child trafficking ring run by Hillary Clinton and John Podesta. The story got so much attention on social media that it was covered by The New York Times.

Since the "Pizzagate" Reddit thread was violating the terms and conditions of the site by posting individuals private information it was closed by the company management. After the personal information of the restaurant owner was posted in the conversation, he has been receiving death threats, reported Economic Times. Reddit CEO admitted that he was trying to troll the trolls. Huffman admitted that he wished to maintain good relationships with the users but was annoyed at being called a pedophile. He further added,

"It's been a long week here trying to unwind the r/pizzagate stuff, as the CEO, I shouldn't play such games, and it's all fixed now."

Post his admission, Steve Huffman has once again raised the earlier concerns that Reddit was not capable of working with the community. Furious users are blaming him of censorship with many demanding his resignation. Reddit CEO, Huffman has started the company in 2005 before quitting five years later to start travel site Hipmunk in 2010. He had returned to Reddit in 2015 after Ellen Pao quit under unfavorable circumstances.

The open admission of tampering with the comments by the Reddit CEO will badly affect the already hit credibility of the site. What do you think about the incident? Let us know in the comment section below.

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