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federalfinder t1_j1ytijh wrote

Reply to comment by Scrotum_Parm in How AI innovation is powered by underpaid workers in foreign countries. by eddytony96

Right, some of these firms are paying over 50% above the average wage in the developing world to do simple content moderation.

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unresolved_m t1_j1zd9f1 wrote

I dunno - if you look at Fiverr its few thousand people competing for a buck. Its appalling.

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federalfinder t1_j1zqyiu wrote

MNCs aren't outsourcing content moderation to Fiverr.

I've seen companies like ByteDance, PWC, Deloitte, and Atos paying people about $1,000 - 1,300 a month throughout Southeast Asia when the average salary is only around $500-600 a month.

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unresolved_m t1_j1zt7z6 wrote

Interesting.

I think Fiverr was there before Uber and the rest, correct? If that's true, I think they might've influenced gig economy quite a bit, but I never heard anyone tying them with Uber, Lyft etc

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Chardlz t1_j1zm4ev wrote

Fiver is independent people, though. I suppose they could be in some sort of company that farms out work to fiver, but generally it's an individual placing a value on their own work and time. That's like the purest form of free and fair competition.

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unresolved_m t1_j1zn9vh wrote

> but generally it's an individual placing a value on their own work and time.

Hence the name Fiverr - five bucks or less. How they're still in business given the shady practices I have no clue.

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