Daniel Ek founded the company. He got to where he's at by having lots of money. He got that money to found Spotify by being hired into other companies which were acquired.
You're describing "Executive Vice Presidents" that were promoted from within.
Yeah I don't blame Chinese people for their government's actions. It's like hating Americans for what Trump says. Simply invite real Chinese people to post on Lemmy and give their honest opinions on GreatFire, and stop hurting their feelings.
I was thinking the moderators are going to have to flag posts as AI-generated , I'm not trusting the people posting them to do it. But 100% agree with what you were saying, there should be a way for users and moderators to mark a post as "containing AI-generated content", similar to NSFW; and then a way for us to filter "AI" like we would NSFW.
A week ago I literally read articles about how .ml was switching to the (Russian-influenced) Mali government in a week, and did not even think about how lemmy.ml would be affected
Kind of a feature request, but I wish "Ignore Community" and "Block Community" were different. Most of the ones I block seem decent, but something like youtube_feed I'd want to "Block" in a way that records my disappointment.
People of Color sounds suspiciously like Colored People. Where I'm from it's just Black, Latino, and Asian. African/Asian/Latin American if you are patriotic.
Making a good demo before a game is released can take away developer time from getting useful work done before release. But after its been released, the time pressure should be off and they could do a nice demo for more marketing.
Much love for providing an alternative to Reddit.
Free speech isn't free.. it costs a buck-O-five for hosting. Before adjusting for inflation.