Sine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAaron is no longer considered as cofounder by reddit. He fought for free speech.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down13
arrow-up1115arrow-down1imageAaron is no longer considered as cofounder by reddit. He fought for free speech.lemmy.worldSine_Fine_Belli@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square65fedilink
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoFrom Aaron Swartz’s wiki page In the early fall of 2005, he worked with his fellow co-founders of another nascent Y-Combinator firm, Reddit, to rewrite its Lisp codebase using Python and web.py. This is more than just “merging his company into Reddit”.
minus-squareemberwit@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoyeah thats working for a company but not founding it
minus-square🗑️😸@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoYeah, rewriting the entire project in a different language is a huge undertaking.
From Aaron Swartz’s wiki page
This is more than just “merging his company into Reddit”.
yeah thats working for a company but not founding it
Yeah, rewriting the entire project in a different language is a huge undertaking.