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Re:Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind by nolk100 on Thursday January 15, 2015 @11:31AM (#8893414)
I'd feel pretty cheeky helping a blind person if I was doing it just to get paid for it.

Similarly, I wouldn't help an old lady cross the street then ask for a pound.

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Re:Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind by Gracana on Thursday January 15, 2015 @11:48AM (#8893544)
I think at that point you wouldn't be "crowdsourcing" your labor anymore. It'd be like a telecommunications relay service[1], where the operators are properly trained employees.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_relay_servic...

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Re:Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind by khebbie on Thursday January 15, 2015 @12:12PM (#8893732)
Yep it's called micro volunteering :-)
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Re:Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind by hrjet on Friday January 16, 2015 @09:16AM (#8898979)
What if there was a setting: "I only provide service for free" / "I accept payments for my service" in your profile?

Such a setting could even be on a per-case basis. Imagine if you helped someone for a good part of a day, and they were ready to return the favor in cash, and you were given the choice to accept or decline it.

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