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I never met Aaron but I admired his work and his spirit. I'm a little sad there's nothing on the front page of Reddit about Aaron yet.

mmanfrin 14y ago
It was the top item 11 hours ago: http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/16ffph/reddit_cofounder_aaron_swartz_commits_suicide/ http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/16ffph/reddit_cofounde...
jcomis 14y ago
Not sure why, but the reddit admins keep deleting all posts related to this. edit: Seems that more are staying up now. This morning they were being deleted.
- SquareWheel 14y ago
  You're going to have to give some evidence on that one. How do you know it's admins and not moderators? Admins rarely intervene in these sorts of matters, even if they are close to the story.
drzaiusapelord 14y ago
Well, /r/truereddit had something up with some decent commentary but it isn't a default reddit. /r/pics sadly is now the default for news like this and the signal to noise ratio there is as bad as you can imagine it to be. No Lessig, no nothing, just a bunch of guys calling him a criminal and a coward for suicide. Fuck you reddit. You are eternel september's child now. Lowest common denominator trash for the lowest common denominator. On the upside, I do have faith that once his story gets out of the eternal september kiddie's paws, the facts and deep moral issues here will percolate to the surface, eventually. It'll just take some time.
- mtrimpe 14y ago
  Amazingly enough the thread about his passing [1] has 34.340 upvotes and 31.742 downvotes. [1] http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/16fjjm/aaron_shwartz_reddit_cofounder_rip/ http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/16fjjm/aaron_shwartz_r...
  - drzaiusapelord 14y ago
    My understanding is that the system begins faking upvotes and downvotes at a certain point to fool spammers.
    - clicks 14y ago
      Which is still curious, because it's common knowledge at this point that the numbers are fudged. Why even display it at this point? It serves nothing but to cause confusion.
      - jlgreco 14y ago
        Even though people know it's fake, I am sure it still plays an important role in gamification.
      - sp332 14y ago
        The difference between upvotes and downvotes is right, but the absolute numbers are random.
- zem 14y ago
  one very big mistake reddit made was removing /r/reddit.com and leaving a vacuum for "default, catch-all subreddit" that people are now trying to shoehorn other defaults like /r/pics and /r/funny into
SquareWheel 14y ago
Front page changes depending on your subs. I've seen multiple stories about it. Also keep in mind that stories can rise a lot faster on HN, so it's not necessarily indicative of disinterest.
Goopplesoft 14y ago
It was 2nd and 3rd for two hours or so today: http://redditrewind.com/?id=50f16ca1f4733c000c249218&button=1 http://redditrewind.com/?id=50f16ca1f4733c000c249218&but...
wildmXranat 14y ago
There was a 2.5K entry on Reddit, but that is not a requirement or affirmation the community wants. Nor is it what it needs as a matter of fact. I wish that time could be taken back all the way to the day when prosecutors decided to embark on this mission. And sadly, what we need is a change in the justice system. Change big enough, that felons, the type of capital F felons, are prosecuted for their part in melting down global economy. Not dining at the Whitehouse as the article put it.
afterburner 14y ago
Sorting by "Top" instead of "Hot" makes a difference. "Hot", which I find less useful, is the default. RIP Aaron Swartz.
toyg 14y ago
I guess (and hope) Alex and the rest are incredibly heartbroken right now, and want to keep their pain private. It's actually better to shut up than unashamedly try to ride Aaron's coattails -- like Jeff Jarvis is doing at the moment.
jellicle 14y ago
None of the default subreddits are really suitable. Adviceanimals? Pics? Funny? Awww? Reddit just does not have the capacity to cover breaking news for non-logged-in users anymore. Too bad.

mmanfrin 14y ago

It was the top item 11 hours ago: http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/16ffph/reddit_cofounder_aaron_swartz_commits_suicide/ http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/16ffph/reddit_cofounde...

jcomis 14y ago

Not sure why, but the reddit admins keep deleting all posts related to this. edit: Seems that more are staying up now. This morning they were being deleted.

SquareWheel 14y ago
You're going to have to give some evidence on that one. How do you know it's admins and not moderators? Admins rarely intervene in these sorts of matters, even if they are close to the story.

drzaiusapelord 14y ago

Well, /r/truereddit had something up with some decent commentary but it isn't a default reddit. /r/pics sadly is now the default for news like this and the signal to noise ratio there is as bad as you can imagine it to be. No Lessig, no nothing, just a bunch of guys calling him a criminal and a coward for suicide. Fuck you reddit. You are eternel september's child now. Lowest common denominator trash for the lowest common denominator. On the upside, I do have faith that once his story gets out of the eternal september kiddie's paws, the facts and deep moral issues here will percolate to the surface, eventually. It'll just take some time.

mtrimpe 14y ago
Amazingly enough the thread about his passing [1] has 34.340 upvotes and 31.742 downvotes. [1] http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/16fjjm/aaron_shwartz_reddit_cofounder_rip/ http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/16fjjm/aaron_shwartz_r...
- drzaiusapelord 14y ago
  My understanding is that the system begins faking upvotes and downvotes at a certain point to fool spammers.
  - clicks 14y ago
    Which is still curious, because it's common knowledge at this point that the numbers are fudged. Why even display it at this point? It serves nothing but to cause confusion.
    - jlgreco 14y ago
      Even though people know it's fake, I am sure it still plays an important role in gamification.
    - sp332 14y ago
      The difference between upvotes and downvotes is right, but the absolute numbers are random.
zem 14y ago
one very big mistake reddit made was removing /r/reddit.com and leaving a vacuum for "default, catch-all subreddit" that people are now trying to shoehorn other defaults like /r/pics and /r/funny into

SquareWheel 14y ago

Front page changes depending on your subs. I've seen multiple stories about it. Also keep in mind that stories can rise a lot faster on HN, so it's not necessarily indicative of disinterest.

Goopplesoft 14y ago

It was 2nd and 3rd for two hours or so today: http://redditrewind.com/?id=50f16ca1f4733c000c249218&button=1 http://redditrewind.com/?id=50f16ca1f4733c000c249218&but...

wildmXranat 14y ago

There was a 2.5K entry on Reddit, but that is not a requirement or affirmation the community wants. Nor is it what it needs as a matter of fact. I wish that time could be taken back all the way to the day when prosecutors decided to embark on this mission. And sadly, what we need is a change in the justice system. Change big enough, that felons, the type of capital F felons, are prosecuted for their part in melting down global economy. Not dining at the Whitehouse as the article put it.

afterburner 14y ago

Sorting by "Top" instead of "Hot" makes a difference. "Hot", which I find less useful, is the default. RIP Aaron Swartz.

toyg 14y ago

I guess (and hope) Alex and the rest are incredibly heartbroken right now, and want to keep their pain private. It's actually better to shut up than unashamedly try to ride Aaron's coattails -- like Jeff Jarvis is doing at the moment.

jellicle 14y ago

None of the default subreddits are really suitable. Adviceanimals? Pics? Funny? Awww? Reddit just does not have the capacity to cover breaking news for non-logged-in users anymore. Too bad.