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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Is that Rishi Sunak?
Really?
Yep that would be just the picture to post about an information freedom activist driven to death by the US justice system. That’s why it says “Aaron Swartz day” in OP, because it’s a pic of Rishi Sunak.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz
I’m just fucking around.
Ah, sorry for being so serious.
No you’re right. Aaron was an important person and should be remembered properly.
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Bless this poor soul. Thanks for his work and sacrifice 💔
@anzo this comment originally posted on a Reddit ELI5 thread might be a better starting point for people who aren’t familiar with Aaron’s legacy and the controversy around his death.
As someone with depression, that has to be the cringiest way to describe depression.
5 year olds are pretty cringe
This is why I hate ELI5 for a serious subject like this.
How would you have described depression to someone who is actually 5 years old…?
Please describe depression. And please ELI5.
Thank you! I have limited internet package (for the whole family) and wouldn’t have watched the video, this short resume made me appreciate how Aaron is one of those whom represent the essence, beauty and the entity of internet.
Well shit, I almost got through a whole week without crying.
Thank you.
King of the king beyond hacktivism
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.
Piracy is Good:The Moral Imperative of Sharing Knowledge
Murdered by Carmen Ortiz.
Now there’s a guy that deserves it, it’s sad that he was surrounded by such a spezwad.
He was from the future. Look, he’s reading from a book made of flexible glowing paper and not flat tablets like we primitive people do.
He made the world a better place.
While I appreciate what he contributed and I’m sorry his life was cut off so soon, I think hero worship is incredibly weird.
Every movement has its participants and its leaders - whether they meant to be, or simply were by virtue of their actions and position. Imo, there is nothing more human than the genuine and wholesome acknowledgment of those who paved the way for us. As well as raising awareness about the negative impacts of systemic oppression.
We rely on sharing lived experiences to raise awareness: about how society needs to change, mental health issues, learning differences, diversity, and so on.
Some might be overly sensitive about such things, due to many negative cults of personality in recent times. However, don’t let those negative experiences affect the present positive one: Aaron Swartz and the negative consequences of systemic oppression.
Its more like a thanks to him,
Its more like, we don’t forget that we have to fight for our rights,
Its more like, remember, ideas without humans behind to achieve them are nothing,
Its more like, we don’t forget liberals and their shits,
Its more like, we don’t forget the culpability of the gov on his death,
Aaron would be appalled at the state of the world of today if he, like so many brave, selfless defenders of human rights, hadn’t been murdered by the capitalist cadres of yesterday.
Didn’t he co found reddit? Which recently closed it’s API
Yes
Yes. He also helped create RSS which is basically where content needs to be moving. He had exactly the same principles in mind as Lemmy/Mastodon creators and would have been a vocal opponent of what Reddit became. I mean, perhaps he could have eventually been corrupted, but judging by his record of hacktivism, he probably would have become a “problem” for the powers that seek to control/centralize, advertise to, and study our browsing habits.
Reddit it took him off there website.
Fuck MIT for how they massacred our boy.
Just to be clear, MIT’s role was to catch him out by finding his hoovering laptop hidden in the janitor’s cupboard and reporting him to cops. JSTOR didn’t want to prosecute but the government did, presumably because he helped scuttle SOPA & PIPA and was clearly going to be a powerful thorn in their side in future.
Unfortunately MIT gave the government the excuse they were waiting for to destroy him.
That is what I recall from the documentary anyhow.
iirc, MIT could have denied access to FBI in setting up a trap to whoever was the owner of such laptop. They could’ve set the trap themselves and dealt with academic discipline too. So, they did enable the up-scalation of the conflict.
Of course, it’s all subjective at this point… either I recall incorrectly some details, or even how I unconsciously choose to see it is shaped by personal world views.
Thanks. Maybe someone can freshly watch the doco and fill us in.
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