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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (5 children)

This is true but also old news from what I remember they took him off that page a long time ago. Reddit has been heading toward it’s inevitable demise ever since Aaron passed. Glad I finally left for good.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (4 children)

    Wait. Back up.

    I haven't been embroiled in the drama that is Reddit and it's founding.... But the "c-level" guy that was basically the free speech advocate of the admin team.... Died?

    This explains a lot actually.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

    He hung himself after being prosecuted by the federal authorities for academic journal article piracy. He was trying to make journal articles available to the masses and was facing life in prison for it. This was many years ago.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    He died for what he believed in, I suppose. I wonder if Richard Stallman had any comment on it, since he's kind of the OG digital freedom of information guy.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You could email him and ask. I've heard he answers a lot of the emails random people send

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I could. I'm sure he's doing far more important work for the freedom of information, I wouldn't want to distract him from that important work.

    Also I'm sure I could come up with something far more interesting to ask if I did.

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