▲ 827 ▼ Aaron is no longer considered as cofounder by reddit. He fought for free speech. (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to c/reddit@lemmy.world 215 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] theharber@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 years ago (2 children) Top half is a google search, the bottom is the Reddit website. Notice how the official website says "created by two friends." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Because Reddit was created by two people. Aaron was not involved in the starting of Reddit whatsoever. He didn’t come on board until Ycombinator basically forced a merge between Reddit and Infogami 6 months after Reddit launched. And he was fired within a year. permalink fedilink source parent [–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Man, you people need to put the rage aside and actually read things other than posts. Between November 2005 and January 2006, Reddit merged with Aaron Swartz's company Infogami, and Swartz became an equal owner of the resulting parent company, Not A Bug.[36][37] Ohanian later wrote that instead of labeling Swartz as a co-founder, the correct description is that Swartz's company was acquired by Reddit 6 months after he and Huffman had started.[38] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dezmd@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Was it really 'acquired' as much as 'directed to be merged by Ycombinator investors'? Seems fair to add him as a co-founder since the merger became a new organziation "Not a Bug", and without him the site wouldn't exist in a state that allowed it grow quickly when the time came for Not a Bug to get bought out by Conde Nast in 2006... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squiblet@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago Reddit the website already existed at that time though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago Because Reddit was created by two people. Aaron was not involved in the starting of Reddit whatsoever. He didn’t come on board until Ycombinator basically forced a merge between Reddit and Infogami 6 months after Reddit launched. And he was fired within a year. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Man, you people need to put the rage aside and actually read things other than posts. Between November 2005 and January 2006, Reddit merged with Aaron Swartz's company Infogami, and Swartz became an equal owner of the resulting parent company, Not A Bug.[36][37] Ohanian later wrote that instead of labeling Swartz as a co-founder, the correct description is that Swartz's company was acquired by Reddit 6 months after he and Huffman had started.[38] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dezmd@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Was it really 'acquired' as much as 'directed to be merged by Ycombinator investors'? Seems fair to add him as a co-founder since the merger became a new organziation "Not a Bug", and without him the site wouldn't exist in a state that allowed it grow quickly when the time came for Not a Bug to get bought out by Conde Nast in 2006... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squiblet@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago Reddit the website already existed at that time though. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dezmd@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Was it really 'acquired' as much as 'directed to be merged by Ycombinator investors'? Seems fair to add him as a co-founder since the merger became a new organziation "Not a Bug", and without him the site wouldn't exist in a state that allowed it grow quickly when the time came for Not a Bug to get bought out by Conde Nast in 2006... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squiblet@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago Reddit the website already existed at that time though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squiblet@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago Reddit the website already existed at that time though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 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. permalink fedilink source parent
