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Re:Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind by cgag on Thursday January 15, 2015 @01:25PM (#8894326)
Paying someone to be a middleman on my volunteer charity work feels pretty gross.
Re:Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind by JshWright on Thursday January 15, 2015 @02:14PM (#8894682)
Why? They are enabling you to have opportunities to help people that you would not otherwise have. I would consider that a service worth paying for (and I assume I'm not alone...)
Re:Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind by ianferrel on Thursday January 15, 2015 @08:03PM (#8896627)
It feels like being taken advantage of. It's taking the worst part of crowdsourcing, which is that the majority of the gains are concentrated in a few people while many people contribute to success, but receive a pittance, and making it even worse.

I'm not convinced that the raw economic incentives work out, either. I have tons of opportunities to help people. Supply of people who need help greatly exceeds my ability to provide it. I can't imagine paying for the privilege.

Re:Be My Eyes – Lend your eyes to the blind by walterbell on Thursday January 15, 2015 @02:02PM (#8894598)
If they are providing a valuable service, this will lead to competition and more vendors who want to help you provide your charity more easily/efficiently/augmented/whatever.

If they are not providing a valuable service, they will go out of business.