Boston: Internet detectives get it wrong
“This subreddit has been a disaster that has done more harm than good,” wrote Reddit user DarrenGrey.
“It ended up an epicentre of unstoppable finger-pointing and wild conjecture.
"And worst of all the mainstream media leapt on the information here like hungry hyenas.
"Unreliable crowd-sourced material plus the media’s ravenous desire for fresh information has proved a disgusting mix. Let’s never ever do this again.”
Live and learn.