Timeline for Is Stack Exchange in violation of New York labor law, in using volunteer moderators?
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| Jun 3, 2020 at 13:30 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Nov 1, 2019 at 12:10 | comment | added | MSalters - reinstate Monica | @WebHead: It appears that NY allows you to volunteer; the only restriction is that the organization must be an educational non-profit. I.e. the problem is not on your side, the problem is on the SO, Inc side. They have incorrectly assumed that they could build a for-profit company on volunteer contributions, and that seems illegal. | |
| Oct 31, 2019 at 11:52 | comment | added | terdon | @Gilles'SO-stopbeingevil' yes, I'd much rather have a non-profit too, but I knew what this was when I signed up. As for enforcing, that's a fair point, yes. Although, personally, I've always considered that my job was enforcing community policies rather than company ones. But then, maybe that's just because I'd usually agreed with company policies (be nice etc) so it was never an issue. | |
| Oct 31, 2019 at 11:34 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | @terdon Indeed. Contributors are giggers to some extent as well, and I would prefer to contribute to a project governed without commercial interests, like Wikipedia. A significant difference however is that mods are expected to enforce directives from the company and not just respect them. This makes the current situation more problematic wrt mods than other contributors. | |
| Oct 31, 2019 at 9:22 | comment | added | terdon | Almost all the points you make about mods are equally applicable to any active member. I don't think the gig analogy works here, not unless you see all actively contributing members the same way. For instance, you've done more curatorial work (edits, tag wikis, tag organizing etc.) on Unix & Linux than anyone else and you're not a mod there. | |
| Oct 31, 2019 at 0:42 | history | edited | aparente001 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 30, 2019 at 22:25 | comment | added | Stop Harming the Community | You're right that the moderator agreement doesn't legally meet the definition of "contract". I wonder if it wasn't run by a lawyer or if they chose not to make it a contract on purpose. | |
| Oct 30, 2019 at 21:32 | comment | added | user287266 | Not only would I have not wanted to do this for pay, but getting paid to do it creates a whole other host of professional issues related to employment laws, professional decorum, protecting company interests, contracts, etc. I don't want any part of that. I want to be a volunteer, and I want to help the communities as a volunteer. | |
| Oct 30, 2019 at 19:36 | history | edited | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Oct 30, 2019 at 19:11 | history | answered | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | CC BY-SA 4.0 |