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Framework looking for unpaid workers to be 'Linux Community Ambassadors' (community.frame.work)
submitted 6 months ago by autonomoususer to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It the community of their customers. That's who these people are representing, to the company. If this was a paid position, they would no longer represent the community.

It's the same premise as interacting with a subreddit (before Reddit went insane) and recognizing the mods there rather than trying to force the community to one controlled by employees.

[–] woelkchen 9 points 6 months ago

It the community of their customers. That’s who these people are representing, to the company. If this was a paid position, they would no longer represent the community.

It's PR work for the company. Nothing else and no amount of downvoting changes that simple fact.