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    I was going to ask how the company can say the "Community is and will always be at the center of everything we do" when the same community is showing so much dissent against your "changes", especially the " recent changes we made to Data Dumps access to allow them to still be accessible by the majority of users while restricting access to those using them for commercial purposes" (at least be honest there: the issue is that you want to be the only ones using them for commercial purposes). Then I noticed that technically the line does not imply working for the community interest. Commented Jul 18, 2024 at 13:21
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    "The recent changes we made to Data Dumps access to allow them to still be accessible by the majority of users while restricting access to those using them for commercial purposes." - do you [SE] not hear the self-conflicting statements you [SE] are making, or do you [SE] actually believe this? You [SE] are heavily restricting it and making it significantly harder for non-commercial users to use, without actually doing anything about AI companies (at least not in a way that's legal, but that's a tangent for lawyers to solve when you get sued over it) Commented Jul 18, 2024 at 13:24
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    Since you're saying that community is at the center of everything you do let's talk about the recent changes made to Data Dumps access, the community has raised several concerns around that and there's generally been complete silence (or you can say the community has been completely ignored) from the company on those and it's nearly been a week since then, is this what "community being at the center of everything we do" means? Commented Jul 18, 2024 at 13:30
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    "The community and shared knowledge on the platform are irreplaceable." - this statement is blatantly incompatible with your [SE's] data dump changes; those changes make it significantly harder to archive the data, which means that if the company goes down or kills the platform abruptly, new data is much more likely to be irrecoverably gone. If we actually mattered, you [SE] wouldn't actively sabotage archival efforts Commented Jul 18, 2024 at 13:38
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    ohhhhhh!!!!! The changes to the Data Dump were posted on Friday, because you needed to rush out the announcement so that Prashanth could brag about it at a conference! That makes more sense now. At least you remembered to tell Meta first. Commented Jul 18, 2024 at 14:22
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    Please, get Prashanth to define community because I'm 100% confident it does not match the communities definition when he hasn't spoken to it in over 3.5 years. Commented Jul 18, 2024 at 19:22
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    Whomever those "developers" are, they're obviously not avid SO users (although I suppose eggs and vegetables have been quite pricey around here lately). Commented Jul 18, 2024 at 20:49
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    "If you'd like to see the full talk" -- to be honest, I'd rather watch the kettle boil. The SNR of that will probably be better. Franky, I don't even understand how you can post this -- surely you must be aware of how much that has to do with the reality. And spreading lies is just as bad as originating them. Commented Jul 18, 2024 at 21:08
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    Standing by, waiting for you to demonstrate you give the slightest damn about the community "at the center of everything you do". Commented Jul 25, 2024 at 21:01
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    @Basic Just don't hold your breath while doing so ;) Commented Jul 30, 2024 at 23:09
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