• woelkchen@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Yeah, allowing enthusiasts to represent the community and get perks isn’t crazy.

    It’s not a community (like Debian), it’s a for-profit company.

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      3 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 If this was a paid position, they would no longer represent the community.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 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.

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        3 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 If this was a paid position, they would no longer represent the community.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.