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Hello, the other Esteban (CEO) here.

I'll also be available to answer any questions from the community and to receive your feedback.




Can you help me understand how it is open source? Or is the post title just in need of an update?


It appears to be a front end to OpenAI, so I don't think it can really be considered "open source", can it?


Hi Esteban. What's your business model?


Currently, we're running an experiment where we provide teams with 500 free PR analyses each month. Beyond that, we charge $16 per month for each seat.


That is a generous number. Thank you for enlightening me


Perhaps the watermelon is not the best choice of symbol, given the current situation in the middle east?


It's important to note that our choice of the watermelon symbol was made two years ago, with no intention of causing discomfort or insensitivity to any situation. We apologize if it has inadvertently caused any unease.


Yes, of course I didn't mean to suggest that you chose a specific symbol to make a political statement or anything like that. My thinking was more that if you were to suffer negative implications as a result of that choice, that would be a rather unfortunate outcome for you and your project.

I think it's quite clear that you chose the watermelon long before the current events started unfolding.


Has a watermelon a special meaning there? Can you elaborate?


https://time.com/6326312/watermelon-palestinian-symbol-solid... appears to have the answer.

But I will say I completely disagree, nobody owns a symbol and I don't think it's acceptable to allocate emojis to specific events.


to round out the story of the symbology, the other flags/placards being waved in that photo are "sabra" cactuses, prickly pears, available in green and red with a sweet fruit. "Sabra" is a common Israeli self-epithet, to mean something like "we are like sabras, prickly on the outside, sweet on the inside"; so those protesters are sending a "unity" sort of message by waving both.

https://www.greenprophet.com/wp-content/uploads/blur-botanic...


Disagree with what?


I made my point in my comment, things are not just one meaning. Emojis do not just have one meaning. Words do not have one meaning (most of the time). Nobody would equate a watermelon for open source copilot for code analysis as being anti-Palestine or pro-Palestine or anti-Israel or pro-Israel. I don't understand why it was even brought up.


You've made your points, sure. But by doing so, you're also implicitly attributing the opposite of your opinion to me, which is not fair.

> Nobody would equate a watermelon for open source copilot for code analysis as being anti-Palestine or pro-Palestine or anti-Israel or pro-Israel.

How could you even know what other people would equate with what?


The first thought that came to mind for me was how in some Chinese internet culture, eating watermelon represents watching an event for entertainment without much investment even to the detriment of others. Apparently it’s being used for solidarity with Palestine though.




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