Hello everyone! About three months ago, I started a science forum, and although it was initially supposed to be an individual passion project, I decided to expand our base, hire people, and turn this into a think tank where many people could contribute. As I am a student and due to the fact the company has no clear income stream, all of the applications I posted on LinkedIn were volunteer ones that did not provide compensation. I had anticipated students, such as myself, to apply with no pay for college, experience, etc.; however, I was surprised to see that a majority of our applicants were adults who were all comfortable working for free. Everything has been going great, we have amassed 100 employees, we are growing tremendously on a variety of platforms, and through it all, I have never had a reason to question the ethics of the situation, until now. I just came across a post on LinkedIn of someone writing a long message that the think tank was corporate scum, we were evil, and that we were taking advantage of innocents. I was deeply taken aback, as it is the first time something like this has happened, and in fear of jeopardizing the think tank’s future, I want to know what the following steps are. Am I in the wrong, and if so, what should I do to fix it?