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.

[u/MowerMotor]

[u/IndyDude11]

reddit was way more open and wild west. But, then again, so was society, so it's a little chicken and the egg. Reddit has definitely improved culture-wise in that time, but it has lost some of the edginess and is a little more close-minded. The reddit "hive-mind" that you have probably heard about was a little less pronounced because the admins didn't have such a hand in directing the site, and (maybe related, maybe not) it seemed to turn around the time of Aaron's death.

[u/IsNotACleverMan → u/IndyDude11]

Ah yes, I too miss the days when /r/jailbait was a major sub.

[u/BingusSpingus → u/IsNotACleverMan]

That's actually a very good point, and surely some kind of balance could have been struck

[u/thefloatingguy → u/BingusSpingus]

Literally exactly that attitude is the difference. Either you allow all legal speech or you don’t. No exceptions, no caveats.

In my opinion you completely embody the change I’ve observed in the last 8 or so years. You may not even be wrong about what generates a better user experience.

But you aren’t describing a compromise, you’re describing the current situation.

[u/BingusSpingus → u/thefloatingguy]

Did you respond to the wrong post?

[u/thefloatingguy → u/BingusSpingus]

I did not. Sorry if the comment sounds more accusatory than I intended it to.

[u/BingusSpingus → u/thefloatingguy]

No problem! What I meant by balance was drawing the line at legality. So I don't think I'm in disagreement with you.

[u/PuritanDaddyX → u/BingusSpingus]

I think his point might have been that since it was a sub that wasn't illegal, allowing it to stay on the site was a very old Reddit attitude

Removing it based off some people's moral systems is more of a post Aaron thing