[mrgalaxy]

Parent commenter shouldn't have said secretly. That was something he openly admitted to doing.

https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/23/13739026/reddit-ceo-stev...

[AlecSchueler]

I believe the issue the commenter above was taking was that just because someone commits, for lack of a better term, comment fraud, we shouldn't jump to suggesting he's also a paedophile.

[unshavedyak]

Oh, i took that comment to suggest that the downtime could (mostly jokingly, i assume) have something to do with Spez dealing with a post he didn't like.

[b112]

That was something he openly admitted to doing.

Not true! He did not openly admit to doing this. Instead:

* he did it, and told no one at all

* was caught doing it, after people figured it out

* then, admitted he did it

This is absolutely not the same as "openly admitting it".

He did secretly edit comments.

[DANmode]

It was secret/nontransparent until he admitted to it.

Still misleading, I agree.