Some of us take it to our hearts to remember one of the most influential hacktivists <3
For that matter, I’d like to share a documentary about him: https://archive.org/details/TheInternetsOwnBoyTheStoryOfAaronSwartz
You can also get to know his legacy by reading the short Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto, available here: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25421460M/Guerilla_Open_Access_Manifesto
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He’d be turning in his grave if he knew what Reddit turned into
If only lemmy was there this is more of what he envisioned for Reddit.
I don’t think it is, at least not the current iteration, but he would definitely have helped evolve its successor.
He’d probably have enabled ActivityPub on Reddit, had it been around.