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Is this the corporate addy of the underworld? (lemmy.ml)
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[-] godot@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

I know this is a Reddit community, and I get the anger about Reddit going to shit, but I don’t think this sort of thing is healthy. A typewritten postcard might work people on the internet into a froth, but that’s the end. At best the person who gets Reddit’s mail is going to throw it out. At worst people will read it and mock its performative, passive aggressive outrage.

The earnest form of protest is avoiding Reddit, cataloguing its failings, and advocating for alternatives. They’re not worth this sort of mental space.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago

What am I looking at

[-] Xartle@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago

Reddit.. Current CEO is the recipient. Aaron is the cofounder. The cool one.

[-] Xartle@lemmy.ml 16 points 11 months ago

I should say "was" sadly

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

Is this a recent postcard sent to users or something?

[-] BB69@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

It was sent to Reddit.

[-] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

ah ok I think I get it now

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

This is really cringe.

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Context?

[-] JoeHill@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Spez is Steve Huffman aka Pig Boy. He is current CEO of Reddit and one of the founders. Users largely blame him for the enshittifcation of Reddit over the past couple years in pursuit of profit.

Aaron is Aaron Swartz. He was also a co-founder of Reddit. He was very dedicated to the idea that knowledge should be open and free. He got caught downloading JSTOR articles in violation of JSTOR’s ToS. The feds charged him with CFAA felonies and faced 35 years in federal prison. He killed himself while awaiting trial. Really sad shit.

The implication is that Aaron never would have stood for this sort of profit-motivated enshittification.

For more about Aaron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

[-] BB69@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Reddit user strongly implies Spez should kill himself.

[-] squiblet@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

I read it as suggesting that Reddit decommercializes and technologically opens up. That’s more what Swartz was known for, to me.

[-] BeefPiano@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Who is Craig Rarely?

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