That's a very strong claim. What evidence do you have for it?

He used to work there. He knew the real traffic numbers.

Probably that whole "being one of the original members of the Reddit team" thing.

But, you know, I could be wrong.

Ah, yes, thanks, that isn't obvious. No need to be snotty about it.

His HN profile immediately talks about running Reddit's servers. And he's using the same recognizable username. I don't know how more obvious it could have been.

Why would you check someone's profile?

Because in general when someone says something similar you background check their profile to see if they're for real or a crazy.

Why did you let the reddit community turn to shit?