article_snippet.sent: But in the days after the 2013 attack, the users of the subreddit ', Find Boston Bombers, hurled false accusations at countless spectators who had been wearing backpacks at the high-profile event.
article_snippet.sent: the users of the subreddit, Find Boston Bombers claims - based on the analysis of photos and videos of the marathon - even led to 22-year-old Sunil Tripathi, a Brown University student who was missing, being wrongly identified as the bomber.
article_snippet.sent: Another adds: 'Millions of users would draw a circle around the guy or around the backpack' Wrong man: The Redditors' accusations even led to 22-year-old Sunil Tripathi (left), a Brown University student who was missing, being wrongly identified as the bomber.
article_snippet.sent: These theories, which may have appeared harmless at first, then spread into the public domain, sparking the widespread rumor that Tripathi was behind the homemade pressure-cooker bombs. '
article_snippet.sent: and there’s this guy,' Jonathan Chinn told Boston.com. '
article_snippet.sent: this guy ... was at the hub of all of it.'
article_snippet.sent: And one says: 'Instead of going to police with their tips, people were going on Reddit.'
article_snippet.sent: Several users, twitter users, and other sources had heard him identified as the suspect and believed it to be confirmed.
highlights_snippet.sent: Slung false accusations at those wearing backpacks or acting strangely .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Claims led to Sunil Tripathi, 22, being wrongly identified as the suspect .
  