A follow up to this thread: https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight/117554943841527164 - we need to break people idea that 'someone being paid to say something' is inherently credible.. or that it's more credible than, say, the view of an unpaid volunteer from within the community.
The latter often have far more knowledge and far better incentives.
If we could unseat that widespread misconception, the world would be a much much better place.
In other news, I'm increasingly compelled by lived experience groups.
