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On https://laboratory.love/faq https://laboratory.love/faq you say: "We never accept funding from companies whose products we might test. All our funding comes
by oniony 1y ago
On https://laboratory.love/faq https://laboratory.love/faq you say: "We never accept funding from companies whose products we might test. All our funding comes from individual contributors."
On https://laboratory.love/blog https://laboratory.love/blog you say: "If you're a product manufacturer interested in having your product tested, we welcome your participation in funding."
Bit confused as to your position on funding.
- tannedNerd 1y agoHave zero stake in this, but I read it as they won’t accept blank checks from those companies, but if those companies want to pay for testing they can work something out. It’s poorly worded but I don’t think they are trying to be sneaky.
- cjflog 1y agoThanks for pointing this out. I will clear it up! I certainly want to avoid any weird incentive misalignment. Because the testing is done by an accredited lab that provides an official Certificate of Analysis, I think I could reasonably accept funding from manufacturers once I build out a feature that would will allow visitors to download the COA PDF. No manufacturer has reached out directly yet, presumably because a) this project is small and still gaining trust and b) they would probably want to do testing privately and avoid publication of 'bad' results anyway.
- oniony 1y agoNo worries, definitely needs rewording. Personally I wouldn't have problem with companies funding if it's via the normal route, i.e. via the web interface, such that they are just providing funds and then the normal testing/reporting takes place. But I fear this is idealistic. I can well imagine companies wanting to send you samples directly, wanting you to remove results and even threatening legal action if they don't like the results.
- cjflog 1y agoyes laboratory.love will not allow samples to be sent directly