The article specifically states that the founder of a competing code boot camp became the mod of the subreddit and proceeded to wage a negative PR campaign against them. They weren’t dependent on reddit for their PR, a malicious actor came in and used Reddit to spread misinformation and bullshit about them, which then showed up in Google searches.
The article specifically states that the founder of a competing code boot camp became the mod of the subreddit and proceeded to wage a negative PR campaign against them. They weren’t dependent on reddit for their PR, a malicious actor came in and used Reddit to spread misinformation and bullshit about them, which then showed up in Google searches.