"It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture..." Aaron Swartz

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[–]EndlessSunflowers[S] 10 insightful - 5 fun10 insightful - 4 fun11 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

There's a reason he got suicided.

[–]EndlessSunflowers[S] 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Damn, now that I'm thinking about him...
He would be so disappointed in reddit selling out so hard.

But happy with saidit trying to do it right : )

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

“To call up a demon you must learn its name. Men dreamed that, once, but now it is real in another way. You know that, Case. Your business is to learn the names of programs, the long formal names, names the owners seek to conceal. True names . . .”

Wintermute the AI to Case,
William Gibson, Neuromancer

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

I bet Aaron wouldn't wear a face mask.

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

Maybe was Aaron feeling that way because he knew the two powergrabbers who currently run Reddit up close?

Reddit has been cracking down on far right wing, and far left wing groups over the past few months, it must be another country behind this.