• TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    Founded in 2005 by web developer Steve Huffman and entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian

    Has Western media cabal already started to rewrite history? Who was Aaron Swartz?

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      9 months ago

      The fuck you mean western media cabal?

      Writing out Aaron is something Reddit has been doing since his death. This isn’t a media conspiracy: it’s reddit successfully scrubbing the past.

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      9 months ago

      It was founded without Aaron Swartz. He was brought in later as part of a YC merger. Next you’re going to say that Elon Musk was a Tesla founder.

      • Dr. Bob@lemmy.ca
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        9 months ago

        And removed founder after that. Because it was going hurt monetization.