App pays users to line up outside new restaurants
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App pays users to line up outside new restaurants
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#2This type of marketing would probably be more effective in the former USSR.
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#3So essentially the entire chain is fake now. It's basically the sign of the apocalypse.
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#4>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.org/wiki/Nosedive
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#5>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.
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#6>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…
That's a good episode but I don't see how it's relevant here. They're workers and the manager has a system in place to track their performance. Same thing has been around since ancient times, although not so formalized. When a system like that is in place for non-workers and you use it for friends and family is when we can start comparing the situation to Nosedive with a straight face.
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#7Nice, it's just like you 'seed the tip jar'. Nothing more contagious than social proof (reference - http://jonahberger.com/books/contagious/)
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#8Buying 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.
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#9San Francisco: "If there's no line outside then don't go there"
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#10Joke's on them, I only exist at home or at the office, and I move between locations by Uber while staring at my phone. Not going to see any of this.