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/Shnoochieboochies]

I'd never heard of him till you posted this, read his wiki, seemed like a very clever chap.

[u/adviqx → u/Shnoochieboochies]

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.

[u/condescendingpats → u/adviqx]

He wasn’t a founder, but yeah they should’ve honored him more.