EDIT: to clarify -- a big stretch to connect editing comments (which was well-known to have happened) with other actions.
https://www.theverge.com/2016/11/23/13739026/reddit-ceo-stev...
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.
Still misleading, I agree.
> was a mod of r/jailbait in 2008
not the comment editing
In either case, it’s easily as speculative as the parent comment above, maybe slightly more so, since the parent came from Twitter.
He did not admit to it until evidence was compiled and hit the front page, and let it appear for part of the week to participants and onlookers as if there was massive internal strife.