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[–] Faceman2K23@discuss.tchncs.de 102 points 8 months ago (2 children)

We know spez' secrets too.

Dude loved the jailbait subreddit before it was banned for obvious reasons.

He was a moderator.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 71 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Misleading. At the point he was made a mod, the invite system didn't exist so you could just make people mods whenever you wanted. He might not have even noticed depending on how active his inbox was or how active he was.

The better questions would be why it wasn't banned after being nominated for subreddit of the year, and only got the axe after international attention via the Anderson Cooper segment.

Its not that he loved the subreddit, his (and by extension reddit corp) sociopathic ass simply views all that stuff as page views whether its memes, cp, or whatever. MBA cancer looking at everything as numbers.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago

I love that you made a point at the end to explain why he loved it.

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Nice try Spez.

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (8 children)

Reddit, and the early 2000s Internet culture that spawned it had a more absolute view of free speech than the modern consensus. Reddit's rules were pretty much limited to:

  • Don't post things that are actually illegal to post
  • Don't break Reddit

The introduction of any other sitewide rules was controversial with the userbase at the time, and not because the average user was a creep who wanted to see teenagers in bikinis. People predicted (correctly) that other topics like piracy and darknet markets would eventually end up banned as Reddit tried to become more palatable to advertisers. People remain concerned that pornography will be banned or severely limited.


Its not that he loved the subreddit, his (and by extension reddit corp) sociopathic ass simply views all that stuff as page views

Let's be fair to spez; there's plenty to criticize him for, but he did not work at Reddit between roughly 2008 and 2016 when the jailbait controversy came up.

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[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 83 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Big talk from a small man. The internet hasn't forgotten the buried sub you were moderator of, Spez.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 47 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We couldn't possibly be talking about jail but I'll take the bait.

But yeah spez tell us again about the dark secrets lol

[–] taanegl@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago

Yeah, show us them dark secrets. He probably keeps them in PDF files.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 65 points 8 months ago
[–] catculation@lemmy.zip 63 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

This article was posted in 2016, how is it relevant today?

[–] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Because that was the moment!

[–] bruhbeans@lemmy.ml 38 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sure, spez, tell them all about how dark and dirty my account, "pegmewithpigintestines", can be. We'll all be shocked.

[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Are the intestines the straps? If the intestines are the"rod" wouldn't that make them sausages rather than just intestines since they are filled with something?

[–] kawa@reddeet.com 6 points 8 months ago

The real question

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 35 points 8 months ago (3 children)

This is a serious threat. I'm afraid he'll release my secret.... People might learn that I dabble... In... Linux....!

[–] kawa@reddeet.com 17 points 8 months ago

So it's you ! The hacker known as "4chan"

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago
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[–] SharkAttak@kbin.social 34 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Not a smart move, right before the IPO. And what was this 'warning' about?

[–] InvaderDJ@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Not a smart move, right before the IPO.

Really? I think the opposite. He said this in a profoundly stupid way, but what he is saying is that reddit is still the largest collection of human generated content. And not just the sanitized stuff you post on Facebook or LinkedIn, but your actual political opinions, your fears, your hobbies, the totally real secrets you posted to the weekly "What is your darkest secret" AskReddit post, your porn preferences, etc. And that is likely very valuable.

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[–] melooone@feddit.de 8 points 8 months ago

Maybe he wants Investors to think that his site will be really good for targeted ads.

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[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 30 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh no, go tell my wife I’m sleeping around on her. Go tell my friends I’m into bdsm. I don’t have dark secrets, I have aspects of my life that I display discretion in announcing. Dark secrets sound fucking exhausting.

[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

I don’t want to be spied on not because I have something to hide but because I don’t want anyone looking. In the same way I’m not hiding what’s under my clothes, but you still can’t look.

[–] ItsAFake@lemmus.org 21 points 8 months ago

Jokes on you spez I get off on that shit.

[–] Breve@pawb.social 21 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Probably all those throwaway accounts that people create to post comments that they don't want attached to themselves in any way. I doubt many people took enough precautions to prevent Reddit from identifying them as alternate accounts though.

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Same IP address(es), same OS/browser/app, same configuration? Easy match.

I mean, they got me, that's for sure. I used to cycle accounts pretty frequently to dodge stalkers, but even a dedicated user could've figured me out just by matching the different subs I posted to. I eventually stopped posting in my local subreddits because of this, but even so, I talked about a lot of seemingly-common things that in aggregate could identify me pretty accurately. And that's even without the data that only Reddit admins would have access to, like browser fingerprinting and whatever tracking mechanisms I wasn't able to block (or the mere fact that I did block them).

For example, millions of people use the same phone model as I do, but how many of those also share my hobbies? How many of those play the same types of games? And how many of those use my same general writing style? How many times did I throw in an idle comment referring to a city I'd traveled to, or hinted at where I grew up? Oh my god, did I call Coke "soda"?! Information is leaking everywhere!

Heck, I wouldn't be shocked if someone could match my Lemmy account to my Reddit account(s). It'd take a crazy stalker with a lot of time and skill, but with the ever-increasing power of AI, it'll probably be easy for any schmuck to do within a couple years, never mind major governments and corporations. There's a ton of information that's hidden in plain sight, and it won't stay hidden forever.

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

Same IP address(es), same OS/browser/app, same configuration? Easy match.

Fingerprinting. This is a fun website to take a look at: https://www.amiunique.org/fingerprint

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

You forgot same email address.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Man, if I started getting nsfw recommendations on my sfw account, I'd be pissed. What else could he even want to practically/legally use that info for?

[–] 7heo@lemmy.ml 19 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Spez could learn a thing or two from russia. That is not how one uses kompromat...

[–] mihies@kbin.social 18 points 8 months ago

TBH this is always the case when you interact with any social network or any website in general. Data can be always collected. GDPR helps somehow.

[–] THE_ANTIHERO@lemmy.today 14 points 8 months ago

Simeone post it to reddit too they are kinda starting to forget the issues .

[–] Gakomi@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

My answer to this is so fucking what ? Boo hoo your gonna cancel me fuck you and your platform!

[–] Conyak@lemmy.tf 12 points 8 months ago

My wife already knows what my sex kinks are. I’m good.

[–] natarey@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Do these people proclaiming Reddit's data as a "treasure trove of human-generated information", or Spez claiming "We know your dark secrets" not realize that most of what people say online is at least partially a lie? Most Reddit comments were either low-effort echolalia parroting old memes or outright bullshit of the, "Yeah, that happened eyeroll" variety.

[–] jonwyattphillips@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They also have people's private messages, chats, and mod mail.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Yes they know the deep dark secret that I absolutely cannot stand conservative values and microtransactions. So many deep dark secrets that I expressed on Reddit.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Bitch please. If they were so dark that you could blackmail me with them, they wouldn't have been posts on fuckin' Reddit to begin with.

[–] voluble@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Think it's more of an allusion to lurking habits, active times, metadata, stuff not related to public posts. I'd imagine the average user has plenty of stuff they've browsed through that they wouldn't want their family / co-workers, etc. to know.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Man, it's a good thing I never used my real name.

[–] Lmaydev@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago

Unless you like revealed details of a crime that only the criminal would know there's no way to prove if anything you said is real.

[–] weew@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

Is this like a competition? Is it an invitation to dox spez? We know your dark secrets too, buddy.

[–] spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Well, say my name

[–] z00s@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

When people tell you who they are, believe them.

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