![]() ![]() Given all of that, I do wonder what Aaron would think, over a decade later, of his former company that he helped grow, locking up information under new ridiculous API terms. But, still, Swartz’s views on access to information were certainly a compelling part of early Reddit’s existence.Īs you likely know, Swartz believed in open access to information, which likely contributed to his efforts to free academic research, leading to his arrest and the ridiculous criminal charges against him, which likely contributed to his dying by suicide. ![]() Years later, Huffman insisted that Swartz wasn’t really a co-founder and shouldn’t be called such. The more complete story is that he was working on a different project, infogami, that got merged into Reddit, which was created by Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman, but it’s been said that part of the deal was that all three would get founder credit. Mon, Jun 12th 2023 05:25am - Mike MasnickĪaron Swartz was, perhaps by technicality, a co-founder of Reddit.
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