misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoStack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPTwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square454fedilinkarrow-up11.73Karrow-down113cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up11.72Karrow-down1external-linkStack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPTwww.tomshardware.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square454fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·8 months agoI think the reason for those bans is that they don’t want you rebelling and are showing that they don’t need you personally, thus ban. Of course it’s all retained.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·8 months agoIsn’t it amazing that places like this built on user support and contribution turn around and pull a “we don’t need you”?
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agoThey think they are too big to die by now. That userbase grows like crops, and isn’t conscious of how it’s being treated. That’s a bit like monopolists and Ponzi scheme owners think. It works sometimes.
I think the reason for those bans is that they don’t want you rebelling and are showing that they don’t need you personally, thus ban.
Of course it’s all retained.
Isn’t it amazing that places like this built on user support and contribution turn around and pull a “we don’t need you”?
They think they are too big to die by now. That userbase grows like crops, and isn’t conscious of how it’s being treated.
That’s a bit like monopolists and Ponzi scheme owners think. It works sometimes.