Joanne Jang, who works in products at OpenAI, tweeted that no influence had been at play. “The google doc broke so people texted each other at 2-2:30 am begging people with write access to type their name.”
Also, this line seems self-contradictory. There was no influence, but people were "begging" others to sign?
I think person A was calling person B (who had write access) to write person's A name, since person A was unable to do so because the google doc "broke?"
Oh, of course. That's rather obvious on rereading. With my 5pm Friday brain, I somehow interpreted "broke" to mean that the doc had become available. Like a news story breaking, I guess?
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Also, this line seems self-contradictory. There was no influence, but people were "begging" others to sign?
I think person A was calling person B (who had write access) to write person's A name, since person A was unable to do so because the google doc "broke?"
Oh, of course. That's rather obvious on rereading. With my 5pm Friday brain, I somehow interpreted "broke" to mean that the doc had become available. Like a news story breaking, I guess?
B: Why haven't you signed?
A: I tried, but I couldn't edit the Google doc.
B: I could put your name in for you.
. . .
People don't just spontaneously wake up at 2:30 am to sign a letter.
I stayed up late to follow the drama and I don't even work there.
They were begging others to sign _for them_. It's not contradictory :)
No, the signers begged others to sign for them.
So we have an admission that folks were putting other people's names on the lists?