12-Year Reddit veteran, sadly acknowledging the site won't return to the way it was 7+ years ago

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[–]Canbot 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

"free speech" was more of an assumption on my part than a fundamental tenant of their platform

No, it was explicitly stated by the founder that free speech was a tenant of the site. He was philosophically opposed to censorship he saw on other websites. They really did turn it into everything it was never supposed to be.

[–]Yamyam 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They're shitting on Aaron Swartz.