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• @parismartineau Paris Martineau on x

  New: Amazon is expanding a program to turn some of the most routine aspects of warehouse work into a video game Workers in at least 20 US states can earn virtual currency by working quickly & “raise” pets in a Tamagotchi-like arcade game called Tamazilla https://www.theinformatio…

• @theinformation @theinformation on x

  An @amazon warehouse worker compared the program to the subject matter of “Black Mirror” https://www.theinformation.com/ ...

• @talkpoverty @talkpoverty on x

  Today in dystopia: Amazon is inflicting workplace productivity “games” on warehouse workers. https://www.theverge.com/...

• @shannonvallor Shannon Vallor on x

  So tired of screaming into the void about Amazon's relentless crusade to eliminate every psychological gap between your workplace and the Hunger Games. And yes, I mean *your* workplace. This is not a one-company aberration. It's a beta test. https://twitter.com/...

• @thomdunn Non-Fungible Thomdunns on x

  PRO-TIP: if it sounds like a “Black Mirror” episode summary, it's probably a bad idea! https://twitter.com/...

• @david_moscrop David Moscrop on x

  Feudalism but make it a video game https://twitter.com/...

• @phirephoenix Jenny on x

  I cannot overemphasize how gross this is and the degree to which I hate everything about it https://twitter.com/...

• @malonebarry Barry Malone on x

  What stage of dystopia is “we're turning your job into a video game”? https://twitter.com/...

• @bokunobeefdip @bokunobeefdip on x

  Developing kidney stones off a liquid diet of energy drinks and protein powder so I can earn BezosCoin in a McARG https://twitter.com/...

• @shauniedarko Shaun David Hutchinson on x

  Black Mirror's “Fifteen Million Merits” was supposed to be a warning not a suggestion. https://twitter.com/...

• @parismartineau Paris Martineau on x

  5/6 available “games” Amazon offers to warehouse workers are competitive, and reward the fastest & hardest workers. Employees' feelings on the program are mixed: Some praise the games for offering a distraction, while others describe it in dystopian terms https://www.theinformati…

• @epro Emil Protalinski on x

  Gamifying manual work is wrong. https://twitter.com/...

• @adrianhon Adrian Hon on x

  The problem with “optional” workplace gamification is that if wages are low and the game's rewards are high, they're not optional at all - it's more like “play this game if you don't want a relative pay cut” https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @grahamstarr Graham Starr on x

  Amazon gamifies its warehouse workers to get them to do more work over their 10-hour shifts. Some games have them competing with other Amazon workers at their facilities and others. https://www.theinformation.com/ ...

• @markdistef Mark Di Stefano on x

  Amazon has been installing second screens in warehouses so workers can play arcade games, linked to their efficiency and productivity, expanding a program that gamifies work during long, repetitive, 10 hour shifts - exclusive with @parismartineau https://www.theinformation.com/ .…

• @anthony Anthony DeRosa on x

  Amazon is expanding its effort to “gamify” warehouse work. Employees are vying for digital rewards that allow them to buy virtual narwhals, dinosaurs, and other electronic pets https://www.theinformation.com/ ...

• @ramaswmysridhar Sridhar Ramaswamy on x

  Sometimes you read a story and you go, “This can't end well...” https://www.theinformation.com/ ... What next? Gig-worker - Pokemon Go partnership?