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[–] 182 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Well, see, Aaron Swartz isn't a billionaire, so he doesn't matter.

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  • [–] 48 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    He’s also been dead for over a decade, sadly.

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  • [–] 153 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    For those not in the know:

    Swartz's involvement in Reddit is debated. He is considered the co-founder of Reddit by Y Combinator owner Paul Graham as a result of the merger of Swartz's project Infogami and Reddit. With the merger of Infogami and Reddit, Swartz became a co-owner and director of parent company Not A Bug, Inc., along with Reddit cofounders Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. Ohanian considers Swartz a co-owner of Reddit.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz#cite_note-7

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago

    Aaron was instrumental in rewriting Reddit from spez's half-baked lisp prototype to python. And that was before python hit it big. Kn0thing can't code and neither could spez. Without Aaron, reddit would never have scaled.

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  • [–] 103 points 6 months ago (1 child)
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    [–] 77 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    lol at the redacted usernames, like it's a secret or something

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    [–] 31 points 6 months ago

    rest in force Aaron

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago

    Fuck reddit

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Steve Huffman... Isn't he that greedy little pig boy?

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  • [–] 24 points 6 months ago (10 children)

    From Wikipedia

    Reddit was founded by University of Virginia roommates Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian in June 2005, who were joined by Aaron Swartz that November.

    I think it's reasonable to say that if you weren't there for the original ideation, you're not a founder. Doesn't mean Aaron wasn't an amazing person.

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    [–] 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Ship of Theseus argument: would Aaron recognize Reddit of today with all its....improvements...as the Reddit he knew? Those two founded something that has the name but not the soul.

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    [–] 17 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    huffman cant stop smelling MUSKs faerts, ohanian sold out for something else.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago

    Justice for Aaron Swartz

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago

    fuck u/spez

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago

    Aaron was by far the best of them all. That documentary moved me to tears...

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago

    Reddit is a pro-American forum with hard censorship and extremist moderators. They cover that up with funny memes to look like fun. Until you think you can post something yourself.

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    Could you post the URL this is from and not just a screenshot?

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Reddit in a nutshell

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Murdered by Carmen Ortiz.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    Dude that's FUCKED up.

    Fuck Spez.

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