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Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by aorloff on Monday February 06, 2017 @03:32PM (#13583575)
What people are discovering is that tech + crowdsourced feedback loop is better than gov regulation. Feedback loop is faster, more thorough, and more reliable.
Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by bsder on Monday February 06, 2017 @04:54PM (#13584545)
> What people are discovering is that tech + crowdsourced feedback loop is better than gov regulation. Feedback loop is faster, more thorough, and more reliable.

You have very little evidence that this is true.

And anecdotal data suggests that explicit "social ranking" introduces a whole host of other problems. See: the kerfuffle about AirBnB and renting to minorities.

Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by cwilkes on Monday February 06, 2017 @04:07PM (#13583954)
What's the feedback loop for someone that lives next to a place being rented out on AirBnB?
Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by jhall1468 on Monday February 06, 2017 @04:24PM (#13584188)
Nothing, as long as the participants aren't violating the law. Much in the same way that you don't get any input on how long my grass is, unless it happens to be a fire hazard.
Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by blackbagboys on Monday February 06, 2017 @05:13PM (#13584753)
Actually, to the contrary, through things like town ordinances and homeowner's associations it is very likely that you do get to have input on how long your neighbor's grass is
Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by jhall1468 on Friday February 10, 2017 @02:46PM (#13618278)
My city has an ordinance for a fire hazard. It's established as a specific length. My neighbor does not get input on that, it either is, or is not, a violation of the city ordinance.
Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by c22 on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @02:50PM (#13592110)
I got fined by the city once for "harboring rodents" because my neighbor felt my grass was too long (and was also a dick).
Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by orasis on Monday February 06, 2017 @04:23PM (#13584177)
If there is a loud party, call the cops.
Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by bsder on Monday February 06, 2017 @04:56PM (#13584564)
And when the cops are getting called every week what happens?

Congratulations. You just invented "zoning laws".

Re:We may have reached peak “gig” economy by TeMPOraL on Monday February 06, 2017 @06:33PM (#13585390)
What people still fail to discover though, is that "crowdsourced feedback loop" is very vulnerable to companies with lots of money to spend on the so-called "growth hacking".