• Zeppo
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    11 months ago

    He was well known, yes, but for other things - he was rarely mentioned in relation to working on or helping to create reddit. The idea that he basically founded reddit seems to be something that people decided 3-4 years ago.

    • kamenoko
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      -2011 months ago

      He rewrote the backend of Reddit, how is that not a big part?

      • Zeppo
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        011 months ago

        He had a major role in the creation of reddit, yes. However, it’s become a thing to act as if he founded it by himself and the current CEO refuses to give him credit. While he worked with them very early on, Swartz wasn’t an original founder of reddit.