Star@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago"There are thousands of volunteers who donated their labour to Duo... Bit by bit all of our work was hidden from us as Duolingo became a publicly-traded company."aus.socialexternal-linkmessage-square245fedilinkarrow-up11.15Karrow-down113 cross-posted to: lealternative@feddit.it
arrow-up11.14Karrow-down1external-link"There are thousands of volunteers who donated their labour to Duo... Bit by bit all of our work was hidden from us as Duolingo became a publicly-traded company."aus.socialStar@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square245fedilink cross-posted to: lealternative@feddit.it
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·9 months agoWhy do you believe non profits are immune to this? They’re still incentivized to produce value. Maybe we just don’t mock volunteers for doing a good thing and instead shame the people taking advantage of them?
minus-squarefriend_of_satan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·9 months agoI didn’t say nonprofits are immune to it. I essentially said for-profit companies are for-profit. That says nothing about non-profits.
Why do you believe non profits are immune to this? They’re still incentivized to produce value. Maybe we just don’t mock volunteers for doing a good thing and instead shame the people taking advantage of them?
I didn’t say nonprofits are immune to it. I essentially said for-profit companies are for-profit. That says nothing about non-profits.