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by redkinght99 1104 days ago
Why is Aaron Swartz not given co-founder status in this article? I'm not saying he was part of this review faking allegedly going on, just odd he's memory holed.
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Because he wasn't a co-founder, he came in later and got a co-founder title retroactively for reasons. You can tell the story either way and there's nothing nefarious about failing to mention Swartz, who is not at high risk of being forgotten.
>Steve Huffman & I founded Reddit. We acquired Aaron Swartz's company infogami 6mos after we launched.

https://twitter.com/alexisohanian/status/93374221685755904

They were the original founders, he was given the title when he joined?