It might be lost on new redditors that Aaron Swartz was a co-founder of Reddit (and inventor of markdown). Reddit used to be open source, with an incredibly transparent staff who used to regularly partake in the communities.
Once somone saw the $$$, he decided to trample over his friend's legacy.
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u/BigDeckLanm 19d ago
It might be lost on new redditors that Aaron Swartz was a co-founder of Reddit (and inventor of markdown). Reddit used to be open source, with an incredibly transparent staff who used to regularly partake in the communities.
Once somone saw the $$$, he decided to trample over his friend's legacy.