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    Many commitments are planned to be linked to the mod agreement; but these ones should be commitments to contributors, not just mods. Commented Jul 26, 2023 at 20:43
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    I agree, but I also find myself wondering if it would really feel more genuine if they said "forever" instead of "for the foreseeable future". I'm unsure how much the community is even willing to take the words at face value at this point; personally, I feel like the commitment itself over the next x years matters more than the wording of the announcement, and I'm not sure what a more binding arrangement would even look like. Commented Jul 26, 2023 at 22:29
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    I absolutely want the data dump to exist until the end of the site, whenever that day comes; it's a good-faith arrangement with the community that honors the content license and founding principles in a tangible way. But from the beginning the promise was worded as "ideally permanently" as far as I can tell; the difference is and always will be future leadership. I'm not sure what can be promised at this point to give us any more assurance. Commented Jul 26, 2023 at 22:31
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    @zcoop98 The "ideally permanently" phrasing is good. The important thing is that when changes do need to be made, it's clearly communicated in advance to the community, especially active users of these data tools, and is something open for discussion and not just dictated. Commented Jul 27, 2023 at 11:54