Tag: digital labor

• How the creator economy destroyed the internet | The Verge

  December 13, 2025

  A series about the devil’s bargain between the people who make things on the internet, the platforms that distribute them, and the way we consume content https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/810002/influencers-creator-economy-special-series more ›

• The economics of dark forest spaces

  November 26, 2025

  In the world of online platforms there’s a well-known pattern called the 90-9-1 rule. It says that in most online spaces, 90% of people silently consume; 9% interact (liking or… more ›

• Primitive

  July 9, 2025

  The accumulation is called primitive because it predates the new world. more ›

• Digital Labor and the Inconspicuous Production of Artificial Intelligence

  June 1, 2025

  Digital platforms capitalize on users’ labor, often disguising essential contributions as casual activities or consumption, regardless of users’ recognition of their efforts. Data annotation, content creation, and engagement with advertising… more ›

• If Companies Had No Employees – The Economist – Medium

  July 22, 2018

  If Companies Had No Employees – The Economist – Medium Driven by technological and legal changes, how far can the “gig economy” go? more ›

• Why We Should Value ‘Invisible Labor’ – Member Feature Stories – Medium

  July 22, 2018

  More and more jobs are vanishing, and they aren’t going to come back. But it’s a weird sort of vanishing. Until the late ’70s, our increasing worker productivity meant more… more ›

• Last year, [researcher Alex Rosenblat] spent 10…

  April 28, 2016

  “Last year, [researcher Alex Rosenblat] spent 10 months monitoring online forums of Uber drivers in the US. After collating the views of thousands of drivers, studying their experiences of surges,… more ›