JackbyDev comments on Aaron is no longer considered as cofounder by reddit. He fought for free speech.

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Aaron is no longer considered as cofounder by reddit. He fought for free speech. (lemmy.world)

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev -1 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Here is a link to what reference 38 since it didn't get included

https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/93374221685755904?s=20

ATTN @nytimes Steve Huffman & I founded @reddit . We acquired Aaron Swartz's company infogami 6mos after we launched.

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[–] thisisnotgoingwell@programming.dev 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

Acquired implies that they purchased infogami, when in reality they were merged into a new company by ycombinator, which made Aaron a founding partner... When reddit was bought by conde nast, his ownership was paid, and he became an employee, but he didn't like working for conde nast, so he basically got himself fired.

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[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 3 years ago

It seems like a philosophical question for you then. Do you consider Elon Musk a founder of Tesla? Similar thing, he was not part of it during the founding technically. I'm trusting the primary source of that tweet I linked.

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