[WayneDB]

Nothing ever changed because of a big backlash on Reddit or Hacker News. Nope, no way, uh-uh. What an impossible leap of imagination this article is!

[laserDinosaur]

When reddit had started talking about this, people almost right away started posting links to news stories about the judge having already responded. I don't think reddit really had much to do with this given the order of events.