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[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 44 points 2 years ago (1 children)

btw yes he fucking hated spez from the beginning

[–] empireOfLove@lemmy.one 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Turns out he was a good judge of character

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

so good the cia killed him for his wikileaks work

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] ryegye24@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"ily" stands for "I love you"

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Is that like when my grandmother signs messages about funerals with lol?

[–] Azzu@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I kinda knew that, but didn't get it because "I love you Swartz" was a weird way to say it :D

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[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago

yeah, what i wrote

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 years ago

if youre going to r/place honor his name

[–] alcasa@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He's not really a creator of reddit. Just his startup and reddit got merged at that time when they were in the same incubator

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

spez couldnt code for shit, swartz built that fucker himself sweat and tears. genuinrly one of the greatest mjnds of our generation

[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He was also responsible for the whole simple hacker-y design / vibe that helped lure people from decadent beveled-everything Digg.

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Digg doesn’t deserve weird special capitalization anymore than Reddit does.

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago

if youre going to r/place at coords 91 85 build ily swartz