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Aaron Swartz Commits Suicide

Posted by Soulskill on from the rest-in-peace dept.

maijc writes "Computer activist Aaron Swartz committed suicide yesterday in New York City. He was 26 years old. Swartz was 'indicted in July 2011 by a federal grand jury for allegedly mass downloading documents from the JSTOR online journal archive with the intent to distribute them.' He is best known for co-authoring the widely-used RSS 1.0 specification when he was 14, and as one of the early co-owners of Reddit."

3 of 589 comments (clear)

  1. I understand by Jetra · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Reddit is terrible. I'd suicide too if I was co-owner of that crap.

  2. Re:Why is this not major news on Reddit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    A few minutes ago: http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/16fpgk/reddit_cofounder_aaron_swartz_commits_suicide/

  3. Re:sad day, and sad reality by loufoque · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Committing suicide is just an act of stupidity.
    It doesn't make me sad, it makes me mad that people would do this.