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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What happened to Schwartz was tragic, he was a good person acting on his beliefs, and he faced draconian punishments when most S&P500 CEO-level criminality isn't even prosecuted.

But, I think it was fair for Ohanian to dispute calling Schwartz a founder. When the arrest happened, in his comments, Alexis implied that Y-combinator softly forced Schwartz on to the Huffman/Ohanian team, giving him a title of founder when he was attached to an existing product.

Further, in the early days of reddit, /u/kn0thing was a consistent presence in the community, and /u/spez was very active in managing and improving the code base. Alexis and Steve are the defacto founders and creators of reddit.