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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/33165280

I got a copy of the text from the email, and added it below, with personal information and link trackers removed.

Hello [receiver's name],

I’ve long dreamed about working for Mozilla. I learned how to send encrypted e-mail using Mozilla Thunderbird, and I’ve been a Firefox user since almost as long as I can remember. In more recent years, I’ve been an avid follower of Mozilla’s advocacy work, and was lucky enough to partner with Mozilla on investigative journalism in my last job.

In many ways, Mozilla was the dream – and now, as the leader of the Foundation, my job is to make my dreams for Mozilla come true. What that means, though, is making your dreams come true – for a trustworthy and open future of technology; for tech that is a tool for liberation, not limitation; and for tech that values people over profit.

So I’m reaching out to technologists, activists, researchers, engineers, policy experts, and, most importantly, to you – the people who make up the Mozilla community – to ask a simple question.

[receiver's name]. What is your dream for Mozilla? I invite you to take a moment to share your thoughts by completing this brief survey.

Let’s start with this question:

Question 1: What is most important to you right now about technology and the internet?

  • Protecting my privacy online
  • Avoiding scams
  • Choosing products, apps, technology, and services that I can trust
  • Keeping children safe online
  • Responsible use of AI
  • Keeping the internet is open and free
  • Knowing how to spot misinformation
  • Other (please specify)

Take the survey now →

With your help, together we can imagine and create the Internet we want. Thank you for being a part of this.

Always yours,

Nabiha Syed Executive Director Mozilla Foundation

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[–] datendefekt@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Which of the following best describes your race or ethnic background?

Seriously, WTF? Why the hell is this relevant? Is this some American thing?

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes. The Americans ask this on every form for who knows what reason.

[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My fav categories are when they ask your race typically: white, black, Asian, Hispanic etc. Lumping insanely large groups together.

Or the one that asks: Hispanic or non-Hispanic.

Typically both are asked. What the hell does the Hispanic specific question answer that the first didn’t

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

One is asking about skin color, the other is asking about cultural heritage. For example, a person from South America with only European ancestry would be [white, Hispanic], and a Japanese-Brazilian would be [Asian, Hispanic].

The real issue is that they're irrelevant questions that survey-givers have no legitimate reason to want to know.

[–] ComradeMiao@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks for explaining that, it’s funny tho that the only heritages that matter are if you’re a recent immigrant or not….

Yeah I never answer these questions

[–] datendefekt@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Male and female are also insanely large groups but I'll never understand why the color of your skin is so important in the land of the free.

[–] Fleppensteijn@feddit.nl 6 points 1 month ago

I often do surveys online and the American ones always ask this. They like to lump all people who look alike together and don't even bother asking where you're from. They really believe we are split in different species or something.

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 5 points 1 month ago

This question makes the survey highly illegal in France