If you want to further investigate: Link to Reddit post
If you want to further investigate: Link to Reddit post
This will make Reddit worse. Some people will start to edit their comments to make them nonsense. Trust will erode further. Search will slowly become nonfunctional.
From a users perspective, coming across a nonsensical thread (because comments have been edited), is much worse than see deleted comments. Not only does trust disappear people, but people become angry that the comments are outright random/bizarre/lies.
Trust will erode further.
Trust is gone. Completely. /r/funny was forced reopened and the moderator list decimated. Spez has already started the purge.