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jadedog  ·  2982 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Did The CEO Of Reddit Pierce Section 230

As much as I'm disappointed in Huffman's actions because I think people's posts are sacrosanct, I hope that this article is over reacting.

    By Huffman’s actions, he has exposed Reddit to liability and the possibility of defamation lawsuits from untold parties. Huffman seems to think he can sweep this aside with a “LOL, whoops, my bad.” But Huffman isn’t just some guy running a small message board where his actions have little consequence. He is the chief executive of one of the largest social media discussion sites in the world.

I'm also wondering about this part. I'm not necessarily disagreeing, but it seems to say that if the site were unpopular, the action would be OK, but since it's popular, that changes everything. I'm wondering why that should be.