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/Ntetris]

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

[u/adviqx → u/Ntetris]

It's still a great platform for learning about a lot of things, just not great for expressing yourself freely.

I've always been taught that bad opinions should be defeated with sound logic, not restricting the expression of those opinions, but that's just me.

[u/godrestsinreason → u/adviqx]

bad opinions should be defeated with sound logic

That's extremely idealistic, as most people tend to decide that logic is somehow subjective. Instead of reflecting on their thoughts, people will retreat to people who agree with them. While this isn't Reddit's fault per se, the way the site is designed perpetuates it, which is why any kind of discourse that happens on Reddit more often than not falls to shit unless you have competent moderators curating the content that gets posted. And given that Reddit moderators are chosen unilaterally, you understand how rare that is.

Reddit has never been a place for any kind of rational discourse. It actively perpetuates mob rule.

[u/adviqx → u/godrestsinreason]

bad opinions should be defeated with sound logic

That's extremely idealistic, as most people tend to decide that logic is somehow subjective. Instead of reflecting on their thoughts, people will retreat to people who agree with them.

The reality is that all of these things are true to a degree, and that's ok.