Technology

I think this part:

Our volunteer ambassadors will [list of tasks performed]

And

Ambassadors need to [list of properties]

Along with

Bonus points if [list of properties]

Are what makes this read like a job ad for a job they’re not paying for. If they’d have posted a much shorter version with less demands, selection criteria, etc, not worded as a job ad, I’d have been a lot more charitable in my interpretation. In this case, I find it difficult to read it as anything else than “work for us, a profit-driven company, for free”.

I don’t think it’s a massive problem, but it for sure is bad communication. Ironically.

I generally don’t like this. Company fandom is bad, companies encouraging fandom is worse. Someone mentioned “but OnePlus does this!” as a counter argument and I think that’s telling something because I think they’re slimy as hell. And I had a OnePlus One and liked it.

Our volunteer ambassadors will attend local Linux and open-source events, meet with other Framework laptop users and potential community members, answer questions, gather feedback, and showcase Framework laptops and parts to those interested. Ambassadors will be in close touch to Framework employees and they will represent the Linux community, feedback and requests directly to our engineers and to our internal Linux team.

That sounds way too close to unpaid labour. I'm all for recognizing community members with perks, merch, and other freebies; but this looks more like soliciting volunteers for unpaid PR.

So they're just trying to form an official connection with the people that are already passionate about Framework. Nothing wrong with that.

I'm a big fan of what they are achieving, but if they want free labour they can just eat shit

Could at least give them a framework laptop.

I feel like they should at least provide them with a laptop If they're going to do unpaid promotion.