• PatFusty@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      Hot take is I don’t think anyone should care about Aaron Swartz. He didn’t do anything for Reddit in the merger and left without doing anything for Reddit so who cares. He then died being a martyr for a cause barely anyone cares about and his death didn’t inspire any change to education publication/copyright. Nobody should care.

      Edit: you can downvote me all you want but I would like someone to comment on 1 thing Aaron contributed to Reddit. Why should anyone remember his name other than ‘but he killed himself for the cause bro’.

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        7 months ago

        I think you have to convince everyone why it is reasonable that you are so angry and hateful towards someone you never knew.

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          7 months ago

          I wasn’t angry or hateful though? If anything I’m irritated of all the praise for not inherently doing anything.

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            7 months ago

            Literally I’ve seen two to three references of him after 17 years on reddit. You’re exaggerating how much people talk about him.