#gig-work — Public Fediverse posts
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"Last week, New York City announced a groundbreaking $131.5 million settlement with DoorDash. The largest such resolution in city history, the case involved over 260,000 workers who were paid late and in some cases not paid at all.
It also raises the question: If these underpayments happened in New York City, where DoorDash knew it was under scrutiny, what’s happening to gig workers everywhere else when no one is watching?"
#DoorDash #GigWork
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/whats-missing-from-coverage-of-the-massive-doordash-worker-settlement -
"Last week, New York City announced a groundbreaking $131.5 million settlement with DoorDash. The largest such resolution in city history, the case involved over 260,000 workers who were paid late and in some cases not paid at all.
It also raises the question: If these underpayments happened in New York City, where DoorDash knew it was under scrutiny, what’s happening to gig workers everywhere else when no one is watching?"
#DoorDash #GigWork
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/whats-missing-from-coverage-of-the-massive-doordash-worker-settlement -
"Last week, New York City announced a groundbreaking $131.5 million settlement with DoorDash. The largest such resolution in city history, the case involved over 260,000 workers who were paid late and in some cases not paid at all.
It also raises the question: If these underpayments happened in New York City, where DoorDash knew it was under scrutiny, what’s happening to gig workers everywhere else when no one is watching?"
#DoorDash #GigWork
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/whats-missing-from-coverage-of-the-massive-doordash-worker-settlement -
"Last week, New York City announced a groundbreaking $131.5 million settlement with DoorDash. The largest such resolution in city history, the case involved over 260,000 workers who were paid late and in some cases not paid at all.
It also raises the question: If these underpayments happened in New York City, where DoorDash knew it was under scrutiny, what’s happening to gig workers everywhere else when no one is watching?"
#DoorDash #GigWork
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/whats-missing-from-coverage-of-the-massive-doordash-worker-settlement -
🚨 DoorDash says its $131.5 million settlement is **“very specific and unique to NYC.”**
Okay. But that still leaves one big Alaska question:
**Did similar payment problems happen here?** 💰
And if your DoorDash numbers don't add up, what can you actually do about it?
We dug into the answers. 👇
#DoorDash #Dashers #Alaska #AlaskaDashers #GigWork #GigEconomy #DeliveryDrivers #FairPay #KnowYourRights
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🚨 DoorDash says its $131.5 million settlement is **“very specific and unique to NYC.”**
Okay. But that still leaves one big Alaska question:
**Did similar payment problems happen here?** 💰
And if your DoorDash numbers don't add up, what can you actually do about it?
We dug into the answers. 👇
#DoorDash #Dashers #Alaska #AlaskaDashers #GigWork #GigEconomy #DeliveryDrivers #FairPay #KnowYourRights
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🚨 DoorDash says its $131.5 million settlement is **“very specific and unique to NYC.”**
Okay. But that still leaves one big Alaska question:
**Did similar payment problems happen here?** 💰
And if your DoorDash numbers don't add up, what can you actually do about it?
We dug into the answers. 👇
#DoorDash #Dashers #Alaska #AlaskaDashers #GigWork #GigEconomy #DeliveryDrivers #FairPay #KnowYourRights
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🚨 DoorDash says its $131.5 million settlement is **“very specific and unique to NYC.”**
Okay. But that still leaves one big Alaska question:
**Did similar payment problems happen here?** 💰
And if your DoorDash numbers don't add up, what can you actually do about it?
We dug into the answers. 👇
#DoorDash #Dashers #Alaska #AlaskaDashers #GigWork #GigEconomy #DeliveryDrivers #FairPay #KnowYourRights
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«Lieferdienste — Aufträge und Lohn in der Blackbox - Der Einfluss von Algorithmen auf die Arbeit von Gig-Workern:
In den meisten Fällen wissen Fahrerinnen und Fahrer nicht einmal, welche Daten genau über sie erhoben werden»Den Menschen, die solche Bestellungen durchführen, ist es nicht mal ansatzweise bewusst, dass da Unmengen an Daten gesammelt wird - meistens ist es ihnen einfach nur egal.
#datenschutz #lieferdienst #blackbox #gigwork #privatsphare #datenschutz
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«Lieferdienste — Aufträge und Lohn in der Blackbox - Der Einfluss von Algorithmen auf die Arbeit von Gig-Workern:
In den meisten Fällen wissen Fahrerinnen und Fahrer nicht einmal, welche Daten genau über sie erhoben werden»Den Menschen, die solche Bestellungen durchführen, ist es nicht mal ansatzweise bewusst, dass da Unmengen an Daten gesammelt wird - meistens ist es ihnen einfach nur egal.
#datenschutz #lieferdienst #blackbox #gigwork #privatsphare #datenschutz
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«Lieferdienste — Aufträge und Lohn in der Blackbox - Der Einfluss von Algorithmen auf die Arbeit von Gig-Workern:
In den meisten Fällen wissen Fahrerinnen und Fahrer nicht einmal, welche Daten genau über sie erhoben werden»Den Menschen, die solche Bestellungen durchführen, ist es nicht mal ansatzweise bewusst, dass da Unmengen an Daten gesammelt wird - meistens ist es ihnen einfach nur egal.
#datenschutz #lieferdienst #blackbox #gigwork #privatsphare #datenschutz
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«Lieferdienste — Aufträge und Lohn in der Blackbox - Der Einfluss von Algorithmen auf die Arbeit von Gig-Workern:
In den meisten Fällen wissen Fahrerinnen und Fahrer nicht einmal, welche Daten genau über sie erhoben werden»Den Menschen, die solche Bestellungen durchführen, ist es nicht mal ansatzweise bewusst, dass da Unmengen an Daten gesammelt wird - meistens ist es ihnen einfach nur egal.
#datenschutz #lieferdienst #blackbox #gigwork #privatsphare #datenschutz
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"[L]ike in any case of gig work, the algorithm here is the manager. And there are some cases in which workers, like in the case of Kenyan workers or workers in Madagascar, for example, where they’re working for companies inside. They go to an office, like a call center. They’re working in front of a computer. They have their boss around. And they go to a single location. That’s what we in the academia call the business processing outsourcing centers, BPOs.
My work in Venezuela was primarily focused on platforms. So, the best way to think about it is think of the Uber of data annotation. So, you would log in to your computer, to a platform, on your browser, and then you would access the tasks and then do the tasks. And in this case, the algorithms will be the ones, the managerial algorithms, the ones actually controlling the workflow. You would have a timer. They will know how long you’ve been in each task. They will know — try to guess the accuracy of your tasks. They would present the same task twice or three times, so if you’re doing different things, the algorithm will think, “You’re spamming, so I’m going to ban you from this task now.” So, really, it was an algorithm put in place to control the workforce and ensure that they were doing the job that the clients wanted them to do."
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/27/ai_platform_extractivism
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"[L]ike in any case of gig work, the algorithm here is the manager. And there are some cases in which workers, like in the case of Kenyan workers or workers in Madagascar, for example, where they’re working for companies inside. They go to an office, like a call center. They’re working in front of a computer. They have their boss around. And they go to a single location. That’s what we in the academia call the business processing outsourcing centers, BPOs.
My work in Venezuela was primarily focused on platforms. So, the best way to think about it is think of the Uber of data annotation. So, you would log in to your computer, to a platform, on your browser, and then you would access the tasks and then do the tasks. And in this case, the algorithms will be the ones, the managerial algorithms, the ones actually controlling the workflow. You would have a timer. They will know how long you’ve been in each task. They will know — try to guess the accuracy of your tasks. They would present the same task twice or three times, so if you’re doing different things, the algorithm will think, “You’re spamming, so I’m going to ban you from this task now.” So, really, it was an algorithm put in place to control the workforce and ensure that they were doing the job that the clients wanted them to do."
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/27/ai_platform_extractivism
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"[L]ike in any case of gig work, the algorithm here is the manager. And there are some cases in which workers, like in the case of Kenyan workers or workers in Madagascar, for example, where they’re working for companies inside. They go to an office, like a call center. They’re working in front of a computer. They have their boss around. And they go to a single location. That’s what we in the academia call the business processing outsourcing centers, BPOs.
My work in Venezuela was primarily focused on platforms. So, the best way to think about it is think of the Uber of data annotation. So, you would log in to your computer, to a platform, on your browser, and then you would access the tasks and then do the tasks. And in this case, the algorithms will be the ones, the managerial algorithms, the ones actually controlling the workflow. You would have a timer. They will know how long you’ve been in each task. They will know — try to guess the accuracy of your tasks. They would present the same task twice or three times, so if you’re doing different things, the algorithm will think, “You’re spamming, so I’m going to ban you from this task now.” So, really, it was an algorithm put in place to control the workforce and ensure that they were doing the job that the clients wanted them to do."
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/27/ai_platform_extractivism
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"[L]ike in any case of gig work, the algorithm here is the manager. And there are some cases in which workers, like in the case of Kenyan workers or workers in Madagascar, for example, where they’re working for companies inside. They go to an office, like a call center. They’re working in front of a computer. They have their boss around. And they go to a single location. That’s what we in the academia call the business processing outsourcing centers, BPOs.
My work in Venezuela was primarily focused on platforms. So, the best way to think about it is think of the Uber of data annotation. So, you would log in to your computer, to a platform, on your browser, and then you would access the tasks and then do the tasks. And in this case, the algorithms will be the ones, the managerial algorithms, the ones actually controlling the workflow. You would have a timer. They will know how long you’ve been in each task. They will know — try to guess the accuracy of your tasks. They would present the same task twice or three times, so if you’re doing different things, the algorithm will think, “You’re spamming, so I’m going to ban you from this task now.” So, really, it was an algorithm put in place to control the workforce and ensure that they were doing the job that the clients wanted them to do."
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/27/ai_platform_extractivism
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Update: #Amazon *is* going to close #mTurk (on Sept 30).
A closure FAQ is prepended to the help page: https://www.mturk.com/help
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Update: #Amazon *is* going to close #mTurk (on Sept 30).
A closure FAQ is prepended to the help page: https://www.mturk.com/help
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Update: #Amazon *is* going to close #mTurk (on Sept 30).
A closure FAQ is prepended to the help page: https://www.mturk.com/help
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Update: #Amazon *is* going to close #mTurk (on Sept 30).
A closure FAQ is prepended to the help page: https://www.mturk.com/help
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Upwork Navigates Change as AI Reshapes Freelance Demand https://www.byteseu.com/2264401/ #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalTransformation #Earnings #freelance #GigWork #News #PYMNTSNews #Upwork
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Hollywood Reporter: Top Creators’ Secret Weapon? Indian Video Editors. “Mega-popular creators like Dude Perfect, former NASA engineer Mark Rober, and chef Nick DiGiovanni have all hired remote editors from across the world, according to Sina Sahami, the CEO of YT Jobs, a LinkedIn, of sorts, for YouTubers. These remote gigs are particularly appealing to international youngsters who wander the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/10/hollywood-reporter-top-creators-secret-weapon-indian-video-editors/ -
Hollywood Reporter: Top Creators’ Secret Weapon? Indian Video Editors. “Mega-popular creators like Dude Perfect, former NASA engineer Mark Rober, and chef Nick DiGiovanni have all hired remote editors from across the world, according to Sina Sahami, the CEO of YT Jobs, a LinkedIn, of sorts, for YouTubers. These remote gigs are particularly appealing to international youngsters who wander the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/10/hollywood-reporter-top-creators-secret-weapon-indian-video-editors/ -
Hollywood Reporter: Top Creators’ Secret Weapon? Indian Video Editors. “Mega-popular creators like Dude Perfect, former NASA engineer Mark Rober, and chef Nick DiGiovanni have all hired remote editors from across the world, according to Sina Sahami, the CEO of YT Jobs, a LinkedIn, of sorts, for YouTubers. These remote gigs are particularly appealing to international youngsters who wander the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/10/hollywood-reporter-top-creators-secret-weapon-indian-video-editors/ -
Hollywood Reporter: Top Creators’ Secret Weapon? Indian Video Editors. “Mega-popular creators like Dude Perfect, former NASA engineer Mark Rober, and chef Nick DiGiovanni have all hired remote editors from across the world, according to Sina Sahami, the CEO of YT Jobs, a LinkedIn, of sorts, for YouTubers. These remote gigs are particularly appealing to international youngsters who wander the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/10/hollywood-reporter-top-creators-secret-weapon-indian-video-editors/ -
#Flock Pitched a Plan To Turn #Uber and #Lyft Drivers Into Roaming #Surveillance Vehicles
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#Flock Pitched a Plan To Turn #Uber and #Lyft Drivers Into Roaming #Surveillance Vehicles
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#Flock Pitched a Plan To Turn #Uber and #Lyft Drivers Into Roaming #Surveillance Vehicles
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#Flock Pitched a Plan To Turn #Uber and #Lyft Drivers Into Roaming #Surveillance Vehicles
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I'm currently making steps to start doing Uber Eats work on my 125 Motorbike;
I find it has a few benefits that'll help me
1. More Experience on the Road
2. I get to cover my Motorbike Insurance via Orders
3. With enough orders I'd be able to cover some more projects and things that I need to cover.
Has any of you done Uber Eats and Gig work like this, I'm I getting into doing the right thing especially messing around with changing my insurance over or should I go for it and push for it?
#Uber #UberEats #Southampton #SouthamptonUberEats #GigWork #GigEconomy -
The Filter Work
Every time ChatGPT doesn't describe violence, someone read it so everyone else wouldn't have to.
Since 2021, OpenAI, Meta, and TikTok have had Kenyan workers label the internet's darkest content. Pay: often under $2/hour. One worker reported recurring flashbacks after a single passage.
https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/#AIEthics #DigitalColonialism #ContentModeration #GigWork #TechExploitation #Kenya #AI
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The Filter Work
Every time ChatGPT doesn't describe violence, someone read it so everyone else wouldn't have to.
Since 2021, OpenAI, Meta, and TikTok have had Kenyan workers label the internet's darkest content. Pay: often under $2/hour. One worker reported recurring flashbacks after a single passage.
https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/#AIEthics #DigitalColonialism #ContentModeration #GigWork #TechExploitation #Kenya #AI
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The Filter Work
Every time ChatGPT doesn't describe violence, someone read it so everyone else wouldn't have to.
Since 2021, OpenAI, Meta, and TikTok have had Kenyan workers label the internet's darkest content. Pay: often under $2/hour. One worker reported recurring flashbacks after a single passage.
https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/#AIEthics #DigitalColonialism #ContentModeration #GigWork #TechExploitation #Kenya #AI
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The Filter Work
Every time ChatGPT doesn't describe violence, someone read it so everyone else wouldn't have to.
Since 2021, OpenAI, Meta, and TikTok have had Kenyan workers label the internet's darkest content. Pay: often under $2/hour. One worker reported recurring flashbacks after a single passage.
https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/#AIEthics #DigitalColonialism #ContentModeration #GigWork #TechExploitation #Kenya #AI
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https://english.news.cn/20260630/4e4ecae010a74ed8abf41e509f8019db/c.html
#China is making efforts to address the harms of the #GigEconomy.
>As workers in new forms of employment, particularly delivery riders, constantly move through neighborhoods, office buildings and commercial districts, primary-level Party organizations have found that they are uniquely positioned to contribute to community governance.
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>...
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>"Delivery workers are often the first to notice problems in a neighborhood," said Yang Yang, a local Party official in Songnan. "They know which corridor light isn't working, where a fire lane has been obstructed, and what needs fixing, long before anyone else does."
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>...
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>Aside from rest spaces and work opportunities, equal access to public services is also provided to workers in new forms of employment. Local authorities have opened cross-regional medical insurance payment channels for delivery couriers, as well as a pilot program on occupational injury insurance.
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>Further initiatives are underway to offer this group a more promising life in the city. The healthy development of flexible employment and new forms of work is listed in the outline of the country's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) among the priorities of its employment-first strategy.
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>The blueprint highlights the need to improve the systems for protecting the rights and interests of people in new forms of employment, and strengthen the service, management and support for them.This is the kind of thing that I want my government doing. Unfortunately, in America, #GigWork gets no benefits of any kind besides "fLExiBLe sChEduLinG". Imagine our politicians prioritizing the "healthy development of flexible employment and new forms of work".
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https://english.news.cn/20260630/4e4ecae010a74ed8abf41e509f8019db/c.html
#China is making efforts to address the harms of the #GigEconomy.
>As workers in new forms of employment, particularly delivery riders, constantly move through neighborhoods, office buildings and commercial districts, primary-level Party organizations have found that they are uniquely positioned to contribute to community governance.
>
>...
>
>"Delivery workers are often the first to notice problems in a neighborhood," said Yang Yang, a local Party official in Songnan. "They know which corridor light isn't working, where a fire lane has been obstructed, and what needs fixing, long before anyone else does."
>
>...
>
>Aside from rest spaces and work opportunities, equal access to public services is also provided to workers in new forms of employment. Local authorities have opened cross-regional medical insurance payment channels for delivery couriers, as well as a pilot program on occupational injury insurance.
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>Further initiatives are underway to offer this group a more promising life in the city. The healthy development of flexible employment and new forms of work is listed in the outline of the country's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) among the priorities of its employment-first strategy.
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>The blueprint highlights the need to improve the systems for protecting the rights and interests of people in new forms of employment, and strengthen the service, management and support for them.This is the kind of thing that I want my government doing. Unfortunately, in America, #GigWork gets no benefits of any kind besides "fLExiBLe sChEduLinG". Imagine our politicians prioritizing the "healthy development of flexible employment and new forms of work".
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https://english.news.cn/20260630/4e4ecae010a74ed8abf41e509f8019db/c.html
#China is making efforts to address the harms of the #GigEconomy.
>As workers in new forms of employment, particularly delivery riders, constantly move through neighborhoods, office buildings and commercial districts, primary-level Party organizations have found that they are uniquely positioned to contribute to community governance.
>
>...
>
>"Delivery workers are often the first to notice problems in a neighborhood," said Yang Yang, a local Party official in Songnan. "They know which corridor light isn't working, where a fire lane has been obstructed, and what needs fixing, long before anyone else does."
>
>...
>
>Aside from rest spaces and work opportunities, equal access to public services is also provided to workers in new forms of employment. Local authorities have opened cross-regional medical insurance payment channels for delivery couriers, as well as a pilot program on occupational injury insurance.
>
>Further initiatives are underway to offer this group a more promising life in the city. The healthy development of flexible employment and new forms of work is listed in the outline of the country's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) among the priorities of its employment-first strategy.
>
>The blueprint highlights the need to improve the systems for protecting the rights and interests of people in new forms of employment, and strengthen the service, management and support for them.This is the kind of thing that I want my government doing. Unfortunately, in America, #GigWork gets no benefits of any kind besides "fLExiBLe sChEduLinG". Imagine our politicians prioritizing the "healthy development of flexible employment and new forms of work".
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https://english.news.cn/20260630/4e4ecae010a74ed8abf41e509f8019db/c.html
#China is making efforts to address the harms of the #GigEconomy.
>As workers in new forms of employment, particularly delivery riders, constantly move through neighborhoods, office buildings and commercial districts, primary-level Party organizations have found that they are uniquely positioned to contribute to community governance.
>
>...
>
>"Delivery workers are often the first to notice problems in a neighborhood," said Yang Yang, a local Party official in Songnan. "They know which corridor light isn't working, where a fire lane has been obstructed, and what needs fixing, long before anyone else does."
>
>...
>
>Aside from rest spaces and work opportunities, equal access to public services is also provided to workers in new forms of employment. Local authorities have opened cross-regional medical insurance payment channels for delivery couriers, as well as a pilot program on occupational injury insurance.
>
>Further initiatives are underway to offer this group a more promising life in the city. The healthy development of flexible employment and new forms of work is listed in the outline of the country's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030) among the priorities of its employment-first strategy.
>
>The blueprint highlights the need to improve the systems for protecting the rights and interests of people in new forms of employment, and strengthen the service, management and support for them.This is the kind of thing that I want my government doing. Unfortunately, in America, #GigWork gets no benefits of any kind besides "fLExiBLe sChEduLinG". Imagine our politicians prioritizing the "healthy development of flexible employment and new forms of work".
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Is #Amazon going to sunset #mTurk?
As of July 30 2026, #AWS will no longer accept new customers (requestors).
"Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal."
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/sms-workforce-management-public.html
#cogSci #psychology #xPhi #AI #tech #news #crowdWork #gigWork #surveyResearch
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Is #Amazon going to sunset #mTurk?
As of July 30 2026, #AWS will no longer accept new customers (requestors).
"Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal."
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/sms-workforce-management-public.html
#cogSci #psychology #xPhi #AI #tech #news #crowdWork #gigWork #surveyResearch
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Is #Amazon going to sunset #mTurk?
As of July 30 2026, #AWS will no longer accept new customers (requestors).
"Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal."
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/sms-workforce-management-public.html
#cogSci #psychology #xPhi #AI #tech #news #crowdWork #gigWork #surveyResearch
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Is #Amazon going to sunset #mTurk?
As of July 30 2026, #AWS will no longer accept new customers (requestors).
"Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal."
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/sms-workforce-management-public.html
#cogSci #psychology #xPhi #AI #tech #news #crowdWork #gigWork #surveyResearch
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An Amazon driver named the 3 things she dreads delivering. Two involve your pets.
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/pn-amazon-driver-heaviest-deliveries/
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An Amazon driver named the 3 things she dreads delivering. Two involve your pets.
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/pn-amazon-driver-heaviest-deliveries/
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An Amazon driver named the 3 things she dreads delivering. Two involve your pets.
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/pn-amazon-driver-heaviest-deliveries/
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Proposal: nascent gig-workers' unions should adopt the teasel as their icon/logo.
Why?
Today I went down the Wikipedia rabbit hole of fulling and associated cloth finishing processes, and I learned about the gigging, and the gig-mill, which used dried teasel flowers to raise the nap of fulled cloth. Teasels were apparently preferred by some even after mechanical alternatives were developed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gig-mill
So, those who do "gigging" to make a living, heading back to the gig-mill every day, it's a linguistic connection but also provides a distinct graphic image perfect for iconography!
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Proposal: nascent gig-workers' unions should adopt the teasel as their icon/logo.
Why?
Today I went down the Wikipedia rabbit hole of fulling and associated cloth finishing processes, and I learned about the gigging, and the gig-mill, which used dried teasel flowers to raise the nap of fulled cloth. Teasels were apparently preferred by some even after mechanical alternatives were developed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gig-mill
So, those who do "gigging" to make a living, heading back to the gig-mill every day, it's a linguistic connection but also provides a distinct graphic image perfect for iconography!
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Proposal: nascent gig-workers' unions should adopt the teasel as their icon/logo.
Why?
Today I went down the Wikipedia rabbit hole of fulling and associated cloth finishing processes, and I learned about the gigging, and the gig-mill, which used dried teasel flowers to raise the nap of fulled cloth. Teasels were apparently preferred by some even after mechanical alternatives were developed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gig-mill
So, those who do "gigging" to make a living, heading back to the gig-mill every day, it's a linguistic connection but also provides a distinct graphic image perfect for iconography!
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Proposal: nascent gig-workers' unions should adopt the teasel as their icon/logo.
Why?
Today I went down the Wikipedia rabbit hole of fulling and associated cloth finishing processes, and I learned about the gigging, and the gig-mill, which used dried teasel flowers to raise the nap of fulled cloth. Teasels were apparently preferred by some even after mechanical alternatives were developed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gig-mill
So, those who do "gigging" to make a living, heading back to the gig-mill every day, it's a linguistic connection but also provides a distinct graphic image perfect for iconography!
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Left Behind More Than I Expected When I Moved From US to Paris
Nearly two and a half years ago, in January 2024, I crammed my most essential belongings into three…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #Paris #community #company #familymember #gigwork #homecountry #jobhunting #language #long-termrole #NewYorkCity #permanentworkcontract #place #time #Us
https://www.europesays.com/france/30190/ -
Massachusetts has become the first state to approve collective bargaining for drivers for ride-hailing services, while maintaining flexibility and contractor independence. This might be a model for other workers in the evolving, internet-based economy. #uber #lyft #gigwork #rideshare
Posted into IT'S YOUR ECONOMY @it-s-your-economy-csmonitor
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 75 - Uber for Military Surveillance
https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/wj7Grbrxg68coW5oacWtLX
