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> I’m not even sure it’s easy to decide which side is in the right here and it’s not as simple as people think it is.

- No prior communications.

- No discussion about what uses the contributed information was being put to.

- No discussion about the release and the parameters around the operation of the bot.

- No discussion about whether or not this was a desirable in the first place (with the community, not just internally).

- Flippant tone to someone who is clearly severely insulted.

If it was a paid job and you treated the person who did it like this it would already be beyond rude, if it is a volunteer group then it is more than enough to throw in the towel. This isn't gray.





> if it is a volunteer group then it is more than enough to throw in the towel

I do a lot of pro bono stuff. Most of my work is free, and I spend a lot of time, trying to get others to pitch in, as well.

Treating "free" labor like shit, is a common, and self-destructive trait. Looks a lot like that's exactly what happened, here.

I could go on, but I won't.


Ohhh shit it was volunteer pardon me!

Yes no gray area!

My comment was assuming that it’s a paid role and also just commenting on the process of translating with ai vs without




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