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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.
What am I looking at
Reddit… Current CEO is the recipient. Aaron is the cofounder. The cool one.
I should say “was” sadly
Is this a recent postcard sent to users or something?
It was sent to Reddit.
ah ok I think I get it now
This is really cringe.
Context?
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
Reddit user strongly implies Spez should kill himself.
I read it as suggesting that Reddit decommercializes and technologically opens up. That’s more what Swartz was known for, to me.
Who is Craig Rarely?
