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> The thought and knowledge of communities and users need to belong to those communities and users. I would say: Need to be a public resource, belonging to no-
by einpoklum 3y ago
> The thought and knowledge of communities and users need to belong to those communities and users.
I would say: Need to be a public resource, belonging to no-one, i.e. no person, or group, or company should have legitimacy in denying access to it. They should all be considered _trustees_ of such a resource.
> when all they did is provide the platform, and store the data.
To be fair, SE Inc. did a lot more than provide the platform. A lot of development and design work, publication, a bit of the curation work, etc. I don't like how they behave but let's give them what they're due.
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Also note the ongoing Moderator Strike (!):
https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/389811/196834 https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/389811/196834