Re:OSNews Suffered a Data Breach Last Month; Seeks Financial...
by mattzito on Thursday January 03, 2019 @04:50PM
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> Also, it seems pretty bold to push users with a call-to-action around volunteering / sponsoring in the same post as they alert users to a breach.
I understand your point, but I think tone and context matters - they're owning up to the fact that like, "Look, we screwed up, we didn't do a good job here, and hey, we realized that we don't have the resources to do a good job at the moment, so we want to fix that".
It would be different/inappropriate coming from a purely commercial service, but a site that uses a lot of volunteeer/community effort should be able to acknowledge mistakes while asking for help.
I understand your point, but I think tone and context matters - they're owning up to the fact that like, "Look, we screwed up, we didn't do a good job here, and hey, we realized that we don't have the resources to do a good job at the moment, so we want to fix that".
It would be different/inappropriate coming from a purely commercial service, but a site that uses a lot of volunteeer/community effort should be able to acknowledge mistakes while asking for help.