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by taildrop 3084 days ago
It would be nice to see reddit have some sort of memorial. Sadly, I think the "new" reddit finds his memory a bit uncomfortable.
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rospaya 3084 days ago
Reddit's founders have stated that Aaron's story about his history at reddit isn't truthful so it's no surprise they're snubbing him.

Here's a 10 year old thread about various Aaron's claims regarding reddit and Wired.

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/1octb/reddit_co...

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jessaustin 3083 days ago
PG, at your link:

Aaron's not wrong to call himself one of the founders. The company behind Reddit was a merger of two startups, one that made Reddit and one that made Infogami, and in that situation the founders of both startups are considered founders of the combined company.

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Tomte 3083 days ago
Without knowing the details about this particular case that sounds wrong.

Note how PG subtly shifted from „Aaron co-founded Reddit the product“ (what everyone meant) to „Aaron co-founded the company that today owns Reddit“, which is defensible, but mostly uninteresting.

I consider that dishonest.

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