Ubicomp Brainstorming

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?

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