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AITA for firing the website volunteers and a web developer? (self.trueneutral)

submitted 1 year ago by LillianVS to c/trueneutral

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Lemmy, I need your help. I have loads of colleagues blowing up my dms call me the asshole but I don't think I have done anything wrong... So hear me out.

I [40m] have felt like I am being taken advantage of by a developer, let's call him Chris [30m]

It all started when I hosted a Q&A, during the Q&A a question came up about a telephone call we had in private. It came out of nowhere so I reacted quickly. I didn't think the call was relevant to the Q&A we were having but he brought transcripts! I was shocked

It felt like he was deliberately trying to paint me as a villain. I Thought that was it, but after the Q&A all of the moderators were trying to close their subreddits, some of them tried to change the themes of their subreddits and even more shocking they were turning sfw to nsfw so I told them all they had to take their volunteer work seriously or I would fire them!

They are all unhappy because of my stance but I am only doing it for the good of my employer, as my boss tells me we aren't making enough money on ads and most people don't like our website in its current state but I think it's rubbish it works just fine without the developers help!

Anyway, Lemmy please tell me. Am I the Asshole?

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[–] Arrakis 21 points 1 year ago

Sounds to me like you're a spezcial kinda guy!

[–] WrenofDelpan 13 points 1 year ago

NTA. It's the kids who are wrong

[–] pfaca 9 points 1 year ago

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

NTA.

This is YOUR site. And while you made the mistake of selling it for peanuts a decade ago, it's now your rightful turn to cash in. The users of your site obviously don't take seriously how important it is that the site be able to properly monetize each and every one of them. After all, it's not your fault they didn't read section 5 of the User Agreement and persisted with a silly delusion that things they post were still in any way under their own control. And as Internet publishers frequently say, avoiding ads is literally stealing. So why would you bother talking to people who steal from you? You should call the police instead!

As for this 'Chris'- he sounds like nothing but a noisy leech. Just ghost him and block him on social media.

[–] EmpathicVagrant 2 points 1 year ago

Shut down lemmy for the day - the perfect comment is right here.