The 'microworkers' making digital life possible

Re:The 'microworkers' making digital life possible by soult on Friday August 23, 2019 @04:46AM (#20775622)

If you want to catch a glimpse into the lives of some of those workers, kolostories.com[1] "interviews" the workers of their captcha solving microworking site. It's macabre yet fascinating.

1: https://kolostories.com/contents/list

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Re:The 'microworkers' making digital life possible by ThisNameIsTaken on Friday August 23, 2019 @05:33AM (#20775804)

Wait, is this a real company? What employment agency (sort of) promotes their service by showing how easy it is to ditch their workers and visualises that by shooting them down?! [1] If it is not a parody, macabre doesn't even capture it.

[1]: https://anti-captcha.com/

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Re:The 'microworkers' making digital life possible by gridlockd on Friday August 23, 2019 @07:37AM (#20776434)

So you are doubting the integrity of a company that circumvents captchas, which are supposed to prevent fraud?

> Wait, is this a real company? What employment agency (sort of) promotes their service by showing how easy it is to ditch their workers and visualises that by shooting them down?!

The buff guy wearing the mask and cape is supposed to shoot the cheaters, not the honest workers. On the other hand, at your command, he will shoot the second guy who is clearly filling in the correct answers. In other words, if you just want to see the world burn, he will be your willing henchman.

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Re:The 'microworkers' making digital life possible by RonaldSchleifer on Friday August 23, 2019 @11:53AM (#20778860)

Silicon Valleys' slave labor force that makes the tech plantation work.

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