Reddit Apologizes for Boston Marathon 'Witch Hunt'

Last Thursday night, as police in the Boston area engaged in a deadly shootout with two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, much of the social web was sure that Reddit users had successfully identified one of the two fugitives

Sunil Tripathi had gone missing from Brown University about a month prior. He bore a passing resemblance to grainy footage the FBI had released of its "Suspect #2." When a rumor spread that his name had passed over a police scanner from the shootout scene, Reddit's miraculous moment seemed all but assured.

Tripathi's name became a worldwide Twitter trend as thousands upon thousands of reporters, digital onlookers and self-appointed media pundits speculated on his motive and lauded the power of the Reddit crowd Read more...