Re:What it's like to write for Demand Media
by lwhi on Saturday November 06, 2010 @12:25PM
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From reading the article, it seems that Demand Media treats writers as a (completely replaceable) commodity.
I don't think the fact that they pay a (highly debate-ably) reasonable wage to writers, is a good reason for viewing their operation more favourably.
In my opinion, sites like this (and other crowd-sourcing sites) are effecting cultural change by exploiting the bad-times. Recession helps their models world well, because there are more skilled people around without jobs.
At the end of the day, I don't think the output that Demand Media creates makes the world a better place.
I don't think the fact that they pay a (highly debate-ably) reasonable wage to writers, is a good reason for viewing their operation more favourably.
In my opinion, sites like this (and other crowd-sourcing sites) are effecting cultural change by exploiting the bad-times. Recession helps their models world well, because there are more skilled people around without jobs.
At the end of the day, I don't think the output that Demand Media creates makes the world a better place.