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Sat, Jan 12 2013 11:36:06

Online Tributes to Internet Activist Aaron Swartz

  1. Freelance tech journalist Quinn Norton was among the first to express her grief publicly.
  2. quinnnorton
    Quinn Norton@quinnnorton
    I've lost my best friend and my lover.
    Sat, Jan 12 2013 02:09:51
  3. quinnnorton
    Quinn Norton@quinnnorton
    I need to write about this, & I can't yet. But let me tell you there were joys too, moments of pleasure & peace & hope that shot the moon.
    Sat, Jan 12 2013 08:17:45
  4. Tim Berners-Lee, known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, posted a tribute that got more than 1,100 retweets.
  5. timberners_lee
    Tim Berners-Lee@timberners_lee
    Aaron dead. World wanderers, we have lost a wise elder. Hackers for right, we are one down. Parents all, we have lost a child. Let us weep.
    Sat, Jan 12 2013 08:57:29
  6. Tim O'Reilly, another online pioneer, mourned a young man he had known and admired for 12 years.
  7. timoreilly
    Tim O'Reilly@timoreilly
    Shocked and saddened to hear about the suicide of Aaron Swartz, whom I first met when he was 14. @doctorow's eulogy bit.ly/VSk8Td
    Sat, Jan 12 2013 08:20:44
  8. This Public Resource website dedicated to Swartz quickly spread on Twitter and Reddit.
  9. Aaron Swartz
    Aaron Swartz made our world more free. Be Free, Internet. Thank you, Aaron, for what you gave us.
    Resource
  10. Soon after Swartz's death, this thread went up on Reddit. Commenters shared details about his life and posted their own eulogies.
  11. Aaron Shwartz- Reddit Co-founder R.I.P : pics
    reddit: the front page of the internet
    Reddit
  12. Cory Doctorow, a BoingBoing blogger, wrote a post detailing his thoughts about how he wished his friend had sought help. "Whatever problems Aaron was facing, killing himself didn't solve them. Whatever problems Aaron was facing, they will go unsolved forever," he wrote.
  13. doctorow
    Cory Doctorow@doctorow
    I just woke up to find out that my old friend Aaron Swartz committed suicide. If you are depressed/hopeless, please talk to your friends.
    Sat, Jan 12 2013 02:59:54
  14. Others who admired Swartz also took to Twitter to express their shock and grief.
  15. dsearls
    Doc Searls@dsearls
    Just heard about @aaronsw: bit.ly/13oQE2B Rends my heart. Horrible news for all who loved him, and the Net he loved as well.
    Sat, Jan 12 2013 09:26:23
  16. adrianholovaty
    Adrian Holovaty@adrianholovaty
    Aaron Swartz was one of my favorite people, and I'm crying. j.mp/UdKWvB
    Sat, Jan 12 2013 06:28:10
  17. nelson
    Nelson Minar@nelson
    Angry about @aaronsw's suicide. So much love for him on the Internet today, did he know?
    Sat, Jan 12 2013 06:55:32

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