<![CDATA[Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13.]]>Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. At 15 he became a foundational member of Creative Commons. He was working on precursors to markdown at 16.

We should not be locking young people out of our communities and keeping them away from digital tools that can open doors for them, expand their knowledge, sharpen their skills, and help them grow into well-rounded adults.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/388279b6-73e4-4770-af63-6488253897b9/aaron-swartz-joined-the-rss-working-group-when-he-was-13.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 06:53:28 GMTMon, 11 May 2026 00:51:19 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Wed, 13 May 2026 05:30:06 GMT]]>@failedLyndonLaRouchite @nathandyer you're right, NOT ONE PERSON agrees wit you. Are you a goddamned bot? He was aggressively pursued by AG Carmen Ortiz in a witch hunt.

Academic publishing is a corporate ponzi scheme by the way, scraping billions of dollars off of unpaid academic labor.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/bluetea/statuses/116565619964349059https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/bluetea/statuses/116565619964349059Wed, 13 May 2026 05:30:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Wed, 13 May 2026 05:28:18 GMT]]>@nathandyer
Tell this to all the politicians wanting to "protect the children" while systematically locking down their device. A pathetic excuse to impose and

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/paoloredaelli/statuses/116565612849373640https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/paoloredaelli/statuses/116565612849373640Wed, 13 May 2026 05:28:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Wed, 13 May 2026 05:26:16 GMT]]>@FranceskaMann @nathandyer that's a bullshit take if ever I heard one. He was being hounded by the FBI and relentlessly pursued by the attorney general, threatened with 35 years in prison and a million dollars in fines EVEN after JSTOR declined to prosecute so FUCK OFF with your 'screens didn't do him any good' hot take. Jesus.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/bluetea/statuses/116565604873308365https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ioc.exchange/users/bluetea/statuses/116565604873308365Wed, 13 May 2026 05:26:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Tue, 12 May 2026 22:01:43 GMT]]>@nathandyer

Yes, my middle name is "Nobody", as in "Nobody could have predicted".

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/tschenkel/statuses/116563856791750383https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/tschenkel/statuses/116563856791750383Tue, 12 May 2026 22:01:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Tue, 12 May 2026 21:51:10 GMT]]>@tschenkel You predicted many of my replies with astonishing precision

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/115885401350740467/statuses/116563815303640615https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/115885401350740467/statuses/116563815303640615Tue, 12 May 2026 21:51:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Tue, 12 May 2026 21:42:31 GMT]]>@elly That's so cool! I look forward to seeing all he accomplishes!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/115885401350740467/statuses/116563781325075449https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/ap/users/115885401350740467/statuses/116563781325075449Tue, 12 May 2026 21:42:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Tue, 12 May 2026 21:26:33 GMT]]>@nathandyer

Aaron Swartz committed suicide. He was under tremendous pressure. I don't blame him. I blame the United States government. But all of his time on screens might not have been the greatest for his psychological health or well-being.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/FranceskaMann/statuses/116563718490345768https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://freeradical.zone/users/FranceskaMann/statuses/116563718490345768Tue, 12 May 2026 21:26:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Tue, 12 May 2026 21:01:21 GMT]]>@nathandyer

> We should not be locking young people out of our communities and keeping them away from digital tools that can open doors for them

A bit condescending. We should rather ask, which right is there to keep people (maybe also young ones) from digital tools. That's it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/116563619455302146https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/glitzersachen/statuses/116563619455302146Tue, 12 May 2026 21:01:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Tue, 12 May 2026 09:30:53 GMT]]>@nathandyer *nodds in agreement*

is still a true legend!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116560904414328882https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116560904414328882Tue, 12 May 2026 09:30:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Tue, 12 May 2026 00:06:43 GMT]]>@schuga I think you should stay off social media instead of kids being banned from stackoverflow or whatever

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tilde.zone/users/mayadev/statuses/116558685999851358https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tilde.zone/users/mayadev/statuses/116558685999851358Tue, 12 May 2026 00:06:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Mon, 11 May 2026 22:15:05 GMT]]>@nathandyer one person who ended up hacking chromebooks with us joined the project when he was ~13.
He's currently finishing high-school and his name is all over LKML, I bet he will get a really decent job in the future. Talking and hanging out with him (online due to living half of the globe away) has always been great.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://donotsta.re/objects/d3e74c0d-e668-4fab-bc30-db0bf65774bdhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://donotsta.re/objects/d3e74c0d-e668-4fab-bc30-db0bf65774bdMon, 11 May 2026 22:15:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Mon, 11 May 2026 20:23:29 GMT]]>@biyokea @schuga @nathandyer I don't think that's worked so far, and I'm cynical enough that I think it will be really hard to directly regulate the people that spend hundreds of millions influencing politicians.

I'm open to evidence in the other direction if you have any examples where politicians have regulated big tech in that way.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/mu/statuses/116557808226451413https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/mu/statuses/116557808226451413Mon, 11 May 2026 20:23:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Mon, 11 May 2026 20:15:02 GMT]]>@mu @schuga @nathandyer sure. I meant regulating the behaviours that make them unsafe/predatory/harmful/... for minors (and everyone else)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/biyokea/statuses/116557775029361792https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.cat/users/biyokea/statuses/116557775029361792Mon, 11 May 2026 20:15:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Mon, 11 May 2026 20:02:05 GMT]]>@biyokea @schuga @nathandyer regulating access to customers *is* regulating businesses?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/mu/statuses/116557724049512951https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/mu/statuses/116557724049512951Mon, 11 May 2026 20:02:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Mon, 11 May 2026 20:01:02 GMT]]>@nathandyer how did that work out for him?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/mu/statuses/116557719973186426https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/mu/statuses/116557719973186426Mon, 11 May 2026 20:01:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Mon, 11 May 2026 18:54:14 GMT]]>@lo_fye @nathandyer That lacking experience is actually at least partly a good thing. Less expert-blindness, less copying other folks, less having slowly learned to accept unacceptable things, etc. can have advantages.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.edu.nl/users/steltenpower/statuses/116557457264277914https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.edu.nl/users/steltenpower/statuses/116557457264277914Mon, 11 May 2026 18:54:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Mon, 11 May 2026 17:43:54 GMT]]>@arclight @brouhaha @nathandyer Myself as well. At the same time, nuance and empathy are considered harmful (if not dangerous).

It makes me sad.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116557180759782671https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116557180759782671Mon, 11 May 2026 17:43:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Mon, 11 May 2026 16:49:20 GMT]]>@drwho @brouhaha @nathandyer It still makes me very sad that we have a culture and industry that elevates grifters over the public-minded. It's not just That Darned Capitalism, it's the whole bro coattail-riding Very Opinionated About Technical Minutiae (and Willfully Obtuse About Everything Else) culture that makes up SO and Elon's fanbase.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/arclight/statuses/116556966160435005https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/arclight/statuses/116556966160435005Mon, 11 May 2026 16:49:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Mon, 11 May 2026 16:26:18 GMT]]>@arclight @brouhaha @nathandyer Sarcasm acknowledged.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116556875570381446https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.hackers.town/users/drwho/statuses/116556875570381446Mon, 11 May 2026 16:26:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Mon, 11 May 2026 16:13:40 GMT]]>@nathandyer and chances are we won't... Not because the powers that be won't try, just it'll be a minor challange for smart kids to overcome.

For clarity, I don't want a locked down internet.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://go.mxtthxw.art/users/inpc/statuses/01KRBX1JY01MEF1Z69KCXR9PJ0https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://go.mxtthxw.art/users/inpc/statuses/01KRBX1JY01MEF1Z69KCXR9PJ0Mon, 11 May 2026 16:13:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Mon, 11 May 2026 15:58:14 GMT]]>@schuga

My prayers weren’t for you, they were for the demise of your smug superiority.

I work with children as an educator, there are plenty of challenges in the actual learning, they don’t need extra hurdles to get over, and arguing for such is a symptom of oppressive systems.

ps I will not continue beyond this post, as in my experience people who single me out for ‘side chats’ outside of the thread by eliminating tags are usually bad actors.

@nathandyer

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/DavidM_yeg/statuses/116556765246248020https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/DavidM_yeg/statuses/116556765246248020Mon, 11 May 2026 15:58:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Mon, 11 May 2026 15:57:50 GMT]]>@arclight @brouhaha @nathandyer Scathing irony.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116556763655314655https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116556763655314655Mon, 11 May 2026 15:57:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Mon, 11 May 2026 15:15:52 GMT]]>@DavidM_yeg
Don't waste your prayers on me. There are more worthy causes that deserve attention.

All innovation comes from attempts to get over obstacles or to optimise processes.

We're talking about young people. It's okay to encourage them to think and problem solve rather than depriving them of a safe space to practice that skill.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/schuga/statuses/116556598644970998https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/schuga/statuses/116556598644970998Mon, 11 May 2026 15:15:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Aaron Swartz joined the RSS working group when he was 13. on Mon, 11 May 2026 14:45:29 GMT]]>@rlcw@ecoevo.social @nathandyer@hachyderm.io He did not die because of access to technology, he was killed by those restricting access to their "intellectual property"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://woem.space/objects/048924f6-6ec2-4405-bc01-c2dfad8946e4https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://woem.space/objects/048924f6-6ec2-4405-bc01-c2dfad8946e4Mon, 11 May 2026 14:45:29 GMT