Can we talk about the time reddit's owner/founder blew his brains out because he didn't want to face the music and possibly got to jail?
Why didn't he fight the charges in court? Information should be available to everyone willing to learn. Isn't it sill the information age after all?
>Reddit co-founder and free speech activist Aaron Scwartz killed himself due to government censorship and harassment. (He was probably clinically depressed and apparently committed suicide; no one is alleging that he was murdered.)
>Aaron developed RSS, created the architecture for the Creative Commons licensing system, helped lead the charge against SOPA and other Internet censorship attempts, and fought passionately for free speech and the use of the Web as a force for good.
Bonus points: was he jewish?
Nolan Cruz
>what is depression
Brody Thompson
>25 year rule
Nolan Baker
Are you sure he just wasn't scared of taking a couple dicks in the ass IF he went to prison?
It wasn't even a sure thing I don't think, if I recall correctly he was only being investigated, and it was for stealing some programming textbooks or something.
Enlighten me and share your thoughts please.
Hudson Mitchell
No he was depressed as fuck
Jose Powell
I'd be suicidal too if I had founded reddit
Mason Morgan
Why? He seemed rather successful and he could of went down in history as some guy who stood up for free education. I doubt they would have sent him to a max penitentiary
Wyatt Morales
He's like moot, just a passionate guy doing what he loves Then the censorship jew comes and kill him, takeover his creation and now we have the current shit reddit
Gavin Wood
HE WAS ASSASSINATED.
Isaac Martin
I honestly and leaning towards a conclusion like this. Isn't it crazy how reddit pissed all over his grave by censoring teh shit out of the website? Twitter followed suite as well. It always seem fishy to me.
Jaxon Gutierrez
>Rich guy >nonviolent nonsexual crime
He would have gotten fined and put on probation/community service for a few months if he was even convicted.
John Cox
ikr, and he was probably smart enough to know that, I honestly think they whacked him.
Dominic Scott
And a fucking Jew. I would literally kill myself the second I would learn I'm Jewish without even thinking about it.
Jack Bell
He sounds like a pretty cool guy though, he was all about the free speech, non censorship and free education. I think that's why they killed him. Can you imagine what he would say if he was alive to see what reddit and twitter had become?
Lucas Rogers
>For the purpose of determining what is history, please do not start threads about events taking place less than 25 years ago
Jason Evans
Oh sorry I didn't see that sticky. I think it's ok though because they are our retarded sister site and it's a pretty big deal. Don't censor us bro.
Robert Cook
Just realized that this is probably the best board for conspiracy theories
Joshua Davis
>America
>we rape criminals
Joshua Fisher
>reddit founder and free speech activist good riddance
Liam Powell
we don't, bubba does
Isaiah Ramirez
Free speech is good, wtf.
Christian Gutierrez
free speech activists are generally terrible people and have zero philosophical understanding of their own positions given that he was a stemfag and founded fucking reddit we aren't missing out on much
Benjamin White
What do you think, did (((they))) whack him?
Austin Bennett
you're describing white people in general
Easton Rivera
who the fuck cares >white people in general >>>>>>>>/r/ijustpostedon4chanforthefirsttimetoday/
Grayson Peterson
I care, I think it's crazy that he was against internet censorship and got censored forever. With all these cia leaks and crazy shit coming to light I thought it would be an interesting topic. Pretty historical imo.
Nicholas Sanchez
every state/polity ever has restricted free speech its a pointless meme of an idea to pursue in itself anyway
Matthew Green
watch those edges, kid
Charles White
I am not american I always admire you guys for your commitment to guns and free speech. Are you telling me free speech doesn't real?
Thomas Wood
Not him but I would feel really really really bad if I were a Jew I mean I'm already a gay furry, it would just fit too well and I would need to kill myself
Brandon Ortiz
>Are you telling me free speech doesn't real? >doesnt real jfc this isnt 2009
and yes free speech can't fully exist
Kayden Williams
>I am a pleb with a sub-90 IQ
yes, we know
>I greentext responses because my walnut-sized brain cannot formulate complex thoughts
yes, we know
Jack Butler
if this makes to the front of r/Veeky Forums, include me in the screenshot
Zachary Turner
boys come on now, we are talking about the gay jewish furry reddit cuck.
Robert Anderson
He says via greentexting
Carson Reyes
What 25 year rule?
Carson Murphy
read the fucking sticky did someone link this board on reddit or something?
Josiah Sanchez
nobody gives a fuck the about the rules
Chase Gray
>he reads the stickies >>>/reddit/
Julian Reed
thanks for contributing your valuable post
you too
thanks for the you, warms my heart
Parker Allen
you clearly have nothing of value to say i can hope that this board wont be pure shit
Parker James
He stole from JSTOR which is apparently a serious felony, despite mostly containing PUBLICLY FUNDED RESEARCH FROM PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
seriously fuck jewstore and fuck academia
Asher Long
Gotcha. Since he died young, I thought you ment some 25 year rule related to that. Also, I'd say this falls more under humanities than history, if you're trying to be a stickler. Because he wasn't in trouble for leaking 'a couple programming textbooks'
, and he pissed off JSTOR, a national company who controls a majority of academic journals. If you've ever tried to research outside of a college campus, or without a subscription, you've no doubt been pissed off at their paywalls. Anyway, he released 4.8 MILLION articles, and they were looking to make an example.