There is a big difference between sharing a photo and asking if it might contain a suspect and posting a "wanted poster" or having national media announce that someone is a suspect. The former is what I saw on reddit, if the later happened it wasn't on that site.
There should be a way to have an online discussion without people jumping to conclusions.
You're factually incorrect, or maybe you were just looking in the wrong place: http://i.imgur.com/R0CZtwR.png and http://www.reddit.com/r/findbostonbombers/comments/1co0d5/he... and I guess there are countless others.
Not to mention that I learned the names of the wrongly accused "suspects" from Hacker News first, but I guess we'll just keep digging our heads in the sand and carry on like nothing has ever happened.
Every (even arguably) inappropriate comment I saw was quickly responded to by others.
EDIT (Added) : Of course given human nature it's inevitable that some people will jump to conclusions, but should that invalidate the discussion itself ? I don't think so. It seems to me like banning criticism of the government because some people might start a revolution.
Yes - it seems speculators here got it right this time.
Somebody get OP reddit gold for life.
Reddit was right!
gif of missing brown student & suspect in marathon bombing (subsequently tweeted by Salon, etc.)
Dude...this thread is going to go down in history!
Reddit 1.... news media 0