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Framework is looking for Linux Community Ambassadors

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Re: Framework is looking for Linux Community Ambassadors

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> Am I going to be paid? > Framework Linux Community Ambassadors are not paid, they are volunteers. We will however be sending special merch packages to Ambassadors!

This is really low for a for-profit company to pull. "We won't pay you, but we will use you to make more money". Jesus, at least pay their conference tickets, hotels or travels.

Re: Framework is looking for Linux Community Ambassadors

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post #4

"We will send you merch" I get how paying somebody adds complication, but "we can't pay you but we can cover your travel, room, and board for these conferences we want you to advocate for us at" would be a much much better sell.

And 3 posts in a minute with basically the same comment. Framework take note.

Re: Framework is looking for Linux Community Ambassadors

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post #5

> Am I going to be paid? > Framework Linux Community Ambassadors are not paid, they are volunteers. We will however be sending special merch packages to Ambassadors!

This is really low for a for-profit company to pull. "We won't pay you, but we will use you to make more money". Jesus, at least pay their conference tickets, hotels or travels.

Even then it sucks. How is this different from the skateboarding/snowboarding scene, for example? You wear the brand, so to speak, you get paid.

Re: Framework is looking for Linux Community Ambassadors

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post #5

> Am I going to be paid? > Framework Linux Community Ambassadors are not paid, they are volunteers. We will however be sending special merch packages to Ambassadors!

This is really low for a for-profit company to pull. "We won't pay you, but we will use you to make more money". Jesus, at least pay their conference tickets, hotels or travels.

It really isn’t. It’s as much playing to market dynamics as employment is. The reality is that plenty of influencer wannabes are going to jump at the opportunity to do this. Privileged influencer wannabes, mind you. Let’s not spin this as some Marxist class struggle without first looking at it with some perspective.

Re: Framework is looking for Linux Community Ambassadors

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post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is really low for a for-profit company to pull. "We won't pay you, but we will use you to make more money". Jesus, at least pay their conference tickets, hotels or travels.

It really isn’t. It’s as much playing to market dynamics as employment is. The reality is that plenty of influencer wannabes are going to jump at the opportunity to do this. Privileged influencer wannabes, mind you. Let’s not spin this as some Marxist class struggle without first looking at it with some perspective.

Then the market dynamics sucks. Who makes the market? We do.
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