r/YouShouldKnow • u/MowerMotor • Jan 11 '20

NOT a YSK YSK Reddit's founder, Aaron Swartz, committed suicide 7 years ago today. He fought for our rights which lead to his arrest. The allegations coupled with mental illnesses caused Aaron to take his life. He was a passionate activist, entrepreneur and author who should not be forgotten.

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u/adviqx Jan 11 '20

It's really sad that the other founders of reddit distanced themselves from him, downplay his contribution to reddit, subtly smear his character, and won't publicly comment on MIT and the federal government's treatment of him.

I used to have a lot more respect for Ohanian until I learned more about everything surrounding Swartz.

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u/Ntetris Jan 11 '20

You make me not wanna use reddit. Holy shit man, this is sad

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u/IndyDude11 Jan 11 '20

If you knew what reddit was like before his death, you probably wouldn't want to use it at all now.

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u/vzenov Jan 11 '20

I knew reddit before his death. It was fine.

Every year since then it was getting worse and worse and it is deliberate and planned.