His first mistake was stating “Many on Reddit support…”. I’m sure upvotes from anonymous people (who may not even live in NYC) will certainty have an impact on local public policy decisions. Imagine standing in front of everyone at a town hall meeting and saying that with a straight face.

It’s only a matter of time before someone takes a screenshot of a Reddit comment/post with hundreds/thousands of upvotes, blows it up on a poster and presents it in a meeting while demanding that it should be implemented because of its popularity. News articles written about Reddit posts and comments are starting to appear regularly, so this doesn’t seem too far off from reality. When that day comes, I hope someone presents a top post/comment from some username like “r/ass-fucker-9000” at one of these community board meetings so we can all share a good laugh.