Aaron is no longer considered as cofounder by reddit. He fought for free speech.

Fuck Spez

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Swartz wasn’t involved in the origins of Reddit. He got involved when Y Combinator combined his company with Reddit (something along those lines?). He was not an actual founder, just an early influencer. In many ways, decoupling him from the shitshow that Ohanian and Huffman have engendered is a good thing.

This is very similar to the argument of Musk being a founder of Tesla.

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This disgusts me.

Aaron Is one of my heroes. He died standing up for something he believed in.

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As a silver lining maybe it's best people don't associate him with what the site has become. He was a piece of its history, but he wasn't trying to found what Reddit has become

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That's a new low. Anyone who knows about Aaron and still using reddit - Shame on You.

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Aaron was reddit, and since his passing its shit now.

RIP Mr Swartz, you are sorely missed.

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Really fucking blessed memory. He was one of the real ones. I'll never forget what Aaron did.

https://karolina.andersdotter.cc/2023/01/in-memoriam-aaron-swartz-1986-2013/

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Obligatory FUCK SPEZ.

He's a cunt.

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They just decided that because Aaron fought for free speech, this fact doesn't fit their agenda anymore so they removed it. Amazing.

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Back when "reddit.com" was a subreddit. I remember the thread (you can still visit it today) regarding his early departure. And how Aaron and spez didn't really want to disclose the "real reason". But, it saddens me how the public viewed his contributions as complete nil in result of no full disclosure (Aaron did simply state corporate life (post acq.) was not for him, but everyone says that).

Especially during times like this when the same batch of Aaron's year (Altman, Huffman, etc) are pushing closed source thoughts. We need Open Access civics, like Aaron again.

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I looked into this more. Reddit (created by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian) merged with Infogami (created by Aaron Schwartz). There are people calling Aaron Schwartz one of the founders, but that doesn't seem entirely accurate.

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That dude was great, he helped contribute to RSS as well. RIP

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They really are doing their best to look like shitheads, aren’t they.

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It's old news, they removed him from the founders list two years ago.

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This is true but also old news from what I remember they took him off that page a long time ago. Reddit has been heading toward it’s inevitable demise ever since Aaron passed. Glad I finally left for good.

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At the End of the day: The greedy man's gonna have nothing, literally nothing. For Aaron his legacy will continue.

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Fuck spez.

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u/spez is a complete and utter piece of shit

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Ok. Now that is truly fucked up. Someone needs to check in on that fucker, he's not mentally healthy.

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Ironically he is defeated by being censored out. :(

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It should have been spez

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That’s cold. He’s not even around to claim a share and they are pretending like he’s Jack Kirby.

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Yesterday, I finally decided to cut ties with reddit, except for targeted web searches. First it was the constant attempts to force me to download their app. Then denying me access to certain posts and subreddits cuz I wouldn't. Then the API debacle. Then few days ago, significant redesign that wasn't for usability, but for money,. Corporate greed. Used to spend hours on reddit, but past few weeks, there's hardly any worthwhile content. One has to be careful what one gets used to. Grateful I discovered lemmy yesterday.

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Fuck spez... But where is Alexis on all of this? Does he comment, or just cashes the checks now?

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After reading the comments, Reddit admin stuff always sounded like it was a shitshow of controvertial, troubled or outright evil people.

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Fuck Spez

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That's a painfully sad deletion. Aaron fought the good fight. It makes me sad how he came to an end.

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Man, bad enough the state murdered Swartz in the first place, but now that absolute fucking gargoyle Huffman wants to bury him further. I genuinely hope Huffman gets everything that he's been sorely deserving this past few months.

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I mean this is somewhat accurate

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No credits to Aaron? Shame for them!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reddit

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Steve Farthufferman

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Funny, Alexis bounced out a few years ago over flimsy reasons. I think he saw the writing on the wall.

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It’s been like this for years but now Aaron has a good reason to not want to be associated with it.

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He was too good for the corporate world

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You can't consider a cofounder to no longer be one. Unless you travel back in time to change history.

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I learned about Aaron in college in a communication class when we talked about the open access and open source movements. I didn't know he had anything to do with Reddit or Internet Archive until years later. Reddit's vision lately seems really backward from what Swartz wanted. How was he ever friends with Steve Huffman? Was Huffman always such an insensitive tyrant or did he only become so since becoming CEO? Even Ohanian. What did he see in Huffman? I've admired Ohanian for his advocacy on mental health, parental leave, and racial equality. Huffman seems to only care about himself. It's just hard for me to imagine a time where thoughtful people like Swartz or Ohanian would have the time of day for someone like Huffman. Of course, I'm not sure how much Ohanian works on Reddit lately, but it's a shame he's allowed these draconian changes to happen through Huffman and his cronies.

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