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Re:I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled by j45 on Saturday January 11, 2025 @06:28PM (#42669803)
It’s subtler than conflict of interest.

Anyone working for students while being paid for by the university (like some ombudsman) might think twice before going too hard after anything in the institution side that they work at, with people, etc.

This isn’t to say it should be adversarial, just not endlessly borne back against the currents into being neutralized by bureaucracy and office politics.

If it was independently funded..

Re:I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled by wl on Tuesday January 14, 2025 @08:44PM (#42706367)
You describe why this is a nonwaivable conflict of interest.
Re:I had to take down my course-swapping site or be expelled by DannyBee on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @12:37PM (#42782930)
Precisely