• bobo@lemmy.ml
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      6 hours ago

      In 2020 they fired the entire MDN writing team, slashed the budget, and basically left it in maintainance mode. The same year the foundation decided to drop millions on teaching Africans to code or some shit…

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        The same year the foundation decided to drop millions on teaching Africans to code or some shit

        this would be a very good use of money, if the money actually reached the target audience

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          I’ve got no issues with helping people in need, but even if it’s not an embezzlement scheme, this is extremely bad prioritization unless their priority is publicity.

          MDN is a proven resource that’s helped a lot of people learn to code. How many African translators can you hire for a milion a year, let alone like 8? How many more people would learn to code that way?l

          But nah, let’s feed money into “partners” that use some experimental teaching methods, while destroying a crucial learning resource because corona made us broke.

          Edit: fact checked myself and the corp killed MDN, and they’re paying the foundation to do projects like this through royalties.