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Buying a crowd is old school. Politicians and unions have been renting mobs of protesters since at least the 90's, when I first became aware of it. Probably longer. The only thing new here is getting the gig through an app instead of a flyer on a telephone pole.
The app requires you to always allow them to track your location. It seemed like an interesting app till I found that out. I probably won't open it back up until I hear that they change this.
Buying a crowd is old school. Politicians and unions have been renting mobs of protesters since at least the 90's, when I first became aware of it. Probably longer. The only thing new here is getting the gig through an app instead of a flyer on a telephone pole.
Lining up outside a new restaurant is probably safer than participating in a protest or strike.
Buying a crowd is old school. Politicians and unions have been renting mobs of protesters since at least the 90's, when I first became aware of it. Probably longer. The only thing new here is getting the gig through an app instead of a flyer on a telephone pole.
The app requires you to always allow them to track your location. It seemed like an interesting app till I found that out. I probably won't open it back up until I hear that they change this.
You have to be there to get paid, and that is a good way for them to know you actually are. Is there any other way I wonder ..
EDIT: did you mean that the app should turn off tracking when you're not "working"? then you're right but maybe it is due to software or hardware limitations.
>They’ve even been hand-picked by a casting agent of sorts, an algorithmic one that selects each person according to age, location, style and Facebook “likes.” >They may look excited, but that could also be part of the production. Acting disengaged while they idle in line could tarnish their “reputation score,” an identifier that influences whether they’ll be “cast” again. Oh boy, it's happening! https://en.wikipedia…
Off topic, but man, I feel like the "Black Mirror" series is required viewing for anybody working in technology. Depressing yes, but also a good warning of what is coming.
[EDIT] in fact I'd class a solid 4 of the first 6 episodes as mostly about general human nature, or about where the interaction of technology/society is currently at. The new season's (well, also the Christmas special) kind of a departure in that it's latched more firmly onto the warnings about the future and Twilight Zone-ish aspects of the series, which had previously been more subdued. Be Right Back and The Entire History of You are the ones from the first 6 that I'd class as mostly about what future technology might do to us, though I'd be open to arguments against that classification for Entire History, certainly—I'd have to re-watch it to be sure, but my recollection of it is that it's only marginally in that category.
The app requires you to always allow them to track your location. It seemed like an interesting app till I found that out. I probably won't open it back up until I hear that they change this.
Most android apps force you to give them the permission to get your location at any time, when installing the app. Heck, I am sure if you're using iOS there are apps getting your location all the time too. Kinda pointless to stop a simple app getting your location when you have Google and Facebook obviously selling it to the highest bidder.
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+1 - San Franciscans love to wait in line. EDIT: getting downvotes, not saying all of SF, but its definitely a "thing" - if you live here you've seen it
I've come to believe that San Franciscans love pain and inconvenience.