Well this is frightening.
Reacting to the news that Coinbase account holders had been mistakenly overcharged (in some cases, thousands of dollars), one individual took to Reddit to suggest a troubling solution: Show up at the cryptocurrency exchange’s headquarters with guns. And the person was initially met with at least some support.
The thread has since been locked from comments by Reddit — with some commenters claiming to have reported the threats to law enforcement — but it’s still available to the public. Even as Reddit’s own policies appear to prohibit violent content.
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