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=Problems to Tackle=
==CONCERNS==
Participants:
·        Surveillance / control
·        Alienation
o  People are not connected to the world
o  People are not connected to the purpose of the job
·        Moral valence
·        Addiction -- Farmville (and virtual currency)
·        Reputation portability -- no incentives for superrogatory behavior
Personally bearing high risk
   
“Employer”
·        Disclosure
·        Reputation
   
Platforms
·        Spam free
·        How much liability should they bear
Systemic concerns:
·        Motivation (kill time, fun, make a living)
·        Disclosure
·        Race to the bottom
·        Exploitation of workers
o  Standard labor law
o  Profit mainly away
o  Child labor
Addiction
·        How to keep the work from hurting people / the internet
·        Demographics
- In house employees losing jobs (but counterbalanced by more innovation?)
- Low quality of work
-What about when governments do this?
:: Demographics
:: Demographics
::In house employees losing jobs (but counterbalanced by more innovation?)
::In house employees losing jobs (but counterbalanced by more innovation?)
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'''Solutions'''
==SOLUTIONS==
Taxonomy
:Taxonomy
FTC: Full disclosure (for content providers) of paid opinions
:FTC: Full disclosure (for content providers) of paid opinions
Safe harbor – notice and takedown
:Safe harbor – notice and takedown
Best practices - focused at who?
:Best practices - focused at who?
Crowd-owned platforms
:Crowd-owned platforms
Technological/plugins
:Technological/plugins
    "Real Name" analogue "Real Purpose" for disclosure
::"Real Name" analogue "Real Purpose" for disclosure
        Categorize employers
:: Categorize employers
        Volunteer filtering
: Volunteer filtering
    Social tools (live chat etc.) for alienation
:Social tools (live chat etc.) for alienation
    Platform interoperability for reputation portability
:Platform interoperability for reputation portability
    Plugins like Turkopticon for reviews of tasks
:Plugins like Turkopticon for reviews of tasks

Revision as of 18:48, 14 January 2010

Problems to Tackle

CONCERNS

Participants: · Surveillance / control · Alienation o People are not connected to the world o People are not connected to the purpose of the job · Moral valence · Addiction -- Farmville (and virtual currency) · Reputation portability -- no incentives for superrogatory behavior Personally bearing high risk

“Employer” · Disclosure · Reputation

Platforms · Spam free · How much liability should they bear

Systemic concerns: · Motivation (kill time, fun, make a living) · Disclosure · Race to the bottom · Exploitation of workers o Standard labor law o Profit mainly away o Child labor Addiction · How to keep the work from hurting people / the internet · Demographics - In house employees losing jobs (but counterbalanced by more innovation?) - Low quality of work -What about when governments do this?

Demographics
In house employees losing jobs (but counterbalanced by more innovation?)
Low quality of work
What about when governments do this?


SOLUTIONS

Taxonomy
FTC: Full disclosure (for content providers) of paid opinions
Safe harbor – notice and takedown
Best practices - focused at who?
Crowd-owned platforms
Technological/plugins
::"Real Name" analogue "Real Purpose" for disclosure
Categorize employers
Volunteer filtering
Social tools (live chat etc.) for alienation
Platform interoperability for reputation portability
Plugins like Turkopticon for reviews of tasks