Reddit co-founder dead at 26

Read this very sad (and frightening) story HERE.

Sad.

He was so young!  A real tragedy.

How terrible! It's always sad to hear of someone so young doing such a thing. Especially someone so smart and talented.

Here's his parent & partner's official statement and here's his tribute page.

It's frightening how the government viewed his efforts and what happened to him. Genuine talent and creativity is so rare.

It does seem that the Justice system could have found a way to use his talents, rather than to push him over the emotional edge.

Oh WOW how tragic and sad... RIP

This is absolutely tragic, particularly given the circumstances.   I could go off on a right rant about it.  But I'll just say that it's heart-breaking.  RIP Aaron.

An idea can't be killed.

That is really sad...I wasn't even aware of this whole case until reading this article, but I found it fascinating.  Wikipedia's page on Aaron Swartz has some good info.

I'm a huge fan of the open access movement, to make things like academic journal articles freely accessible to the public.  I hope people remember him as an advocate of this movement and keep fighting to move things farther in this direction--it seems he was extremely dedicated to these goals.

He was also a bona fide genius that had many accomplishments when just a young teenager. We need everyone of these ultra-creative minds to lead long and product lives. This was just such a waste. He was hounded by government officials and wasn't strong enough to deal with it.

This is just...tragic.   Although no one probably knows the true cause or "final straw" for this young man, I am sure the ramifications that can result from prosecutorial misconduct were weighing heavily on him. The agony prosecutorial misconduct /selective prosecution causes should never be ignored or underestimated.