I got suspicious this was removed by pressure from Reddit as some crazy cover up but no, just a changed link, I guess. I never saw the original post but found this when searching the interwebs: https://lifehacker.com/three-things-you-should-do-before-deleting-your-reddit-1850534879
Hacking an account is still a valid concern though for various reasons , and hashes can still be used against password lists. Additionally, Two factor authentication is a necessity for sure. Now don’t get me wrong, I completely understand this feature is coming and that this is a developing service but many of these concerns do seem valid to me.
Finally moving closer to the Zoolander sized phone.
This is the way
Mostly thinking impersonation, spamming, deletion or modification of history…. Although I’m sure there are probably other reasons too.