"Once I realized that there were real serious problems, fundamental problems, that I could do something to address, I didn't see a way to forget that" - Aaron Swartz

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[–]killerjavi98 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I think all censorship should be deplored. My position is that bits are not a bug

That we should create communications technologies that allow people to send whatever they like to each other.

And when people put their thumbs on the scale and try to say what can and can’t be sent,

we should fight back - both politically through protest and technologically through software

— Aaron Swartz

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I like your posts! I sure hope your posts later on are as good as your posts right now!

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The reason this idea is so threatening to so many is because there is a lot of money hanging in the balance at the very least. There's also a lot of power and control to be had, it complicates things immensely

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I get the feeling that Saidit is what he wanted Reddit to be but that is just my opinion...

[–]magnora7[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I sure hope so. I really wish I could hear his opinions on reddit in 2020, it's such a shame he passed

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You'd make him proud man. Once again, that is just my opinion but what I can say for sure is that I'm certainly proud of the work you do here.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you, that means a lot.

[–]Captzapheart 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Aaron was a brilliant man.