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I don't get why it'd be a major scandal for Reddit even if u/maxwellhill was Ghislaine. They were not a Reddit employee, just a community moderator. Would HN be responsible if famous person X was secretly posting on HN?

Do people expect Reddit to dox everyone posting or moderating on their platform and then publicize the results?

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I'm not sure I want to list the reasons it is bad here because the subject has been painted as a conspiracy theory and YC is obviously interested in Reddit. But the gist is that they knew who she was,she used her substantial mod power to bury news related to herself and JE, and then when her identity was exposed Reddit used Reddit to bury that story to prevent a scandal.

Alternatively, reddit knows who they are, knows that he isn't Gislaine and any burying of the story is being done to prevent online harassment.

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