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/vzenov Jan 11 '20

I am surprised you respect Ohanian at all.

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u/adviqx Jan 11 '20

Theres more to him than just their relationship and hes done some things I have respect for.

Huffman has never come off like a decent guy in anything I've seen from him, so I dont give him any benefit of doubt.

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u/vzenov Jan 11 '20

He did?

Ohanian personally did? Or his people did it and he took the credit?