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Tesla owners once famously banded together to help Tesla through 'delivery hell' [0]. They did this for the love of the company and the company mission, despite
by dlivingston 7y ago
Tesla owners once famously banded together to help Tesla through 'delivery hell' [0]. They did this for the love of the company and the company mission, despite not being paid and their actions only benefiting Tesla's bottom line.
Is it not fair to say that volunteers have autonomy, and that we should respect that autonomy? In other words, if they don't feel they are being exploited, then why should it bother us? Why should we create an issue out of X when those who are actually involved don't see X as an issue?
[0]: https://www.autonews.com/article/20181008/RETAIL01/181009775/tesla-owners-volunteer-to-help-with-delivery-hell https://www.autonews.com/article/20181008/RETAIL01/181009775...
- manicdee 7y agoIn some cases (helping a favoured enterprise grow) the inevitable outcome of the effort is the desired result (Tesla increases revenue, remains solvent). In other cases the inevitable outcome is not desired (cddb sold to private interest, required subscription for continued use, no recognition of contributions by volunteers).
- Iv 7y agoI am not bothered when someone promotes their favorite brands or products. I am however bothered when companies encourages and promotes such a mindset. Thank the volunteers, that's fine. Incite regular consumers to become proselyting agents for free? A bit too close to manipulation, exploitation and cultish behaviors for me.
- dlivingston 7y agoDo you have any examples where that’s been the case? I’m stretching my mind to think of any and have come up empty.
- Iv 7y agoAlmost every company-sponsored hackathon is like that. And every Google prompt to help them feed their recommendation database "to help improve their products" is the same.