Transcribers for Rev say they are exposed to troubling material, including violent police recordings and descriptions of child abuse, often with no warning
all without warning. (via @ozm) http://read.medium.com/CYCFJxl Dieter Bohn / @backlon : Important story from @danideahl Anytime there is an open text box or upload button on a big platform, you should assume that somewhere behind it somebody has to deal with disturbing content - usually without enough support. https://www.theverge.com/... Nilay Patel / @reckless : Almost every example of online marketplaces creating price efficiency is a story about online marketplaces treating the people who do the work badly https://www.theverge.com/... James Vincent / @jjvincent : great report from @danideahl on working conditions at transcribing company Rev. gig workers are paid 30 cents for every minute, and can be exposed to graphic content with zero warning and often no chance to take another job https://www.theverge.com/... Kevin Roose / @kevinroose : I've used Rev for years, but after reading @SarahNEmerson's great series about the company's abuses and privacy flaws, I'm on the market for another transcription service. Any recommendations? https://onezero.medium.com/... Rat King / @mikeisaac : Rev is messed up https://onezero.medium.com/... Sean Hollister / @starfire2258 : Facebook isn't the only one paying contractors poorly to see and hear terrible things without adequate warning. Here's @danideahl on transcription service Rev — and the humans who depend on its paychecks https://www.theverge.com/... Anna Bell / @liopleurodonic : I freelanced for Rev shortly after my dad died, bc I wanted to be busy without thinking. After a straight month of literal eyeball surgeries at roughly $3/hr despite excelling on all the benchmarks given I was pretty well done. And they DROPPED pay? https://www.theverge.com/... Sarah Emerson / @sarahnemerson : @rev I've been reporting this Rev story since gig workers blew the whistle on pay cuts. Transcribers say they've seen + heard horrifying content on the platform. Descriptions of child sex trafficking, domestic abuse, sexual assault, medical gore — all unwarned https://onezero.medium.com/... Russell Brandom / @russellbrandom : How Rev's “commitment ratio score” forces transcribers to suffer through ugly material: “Sometimes you'll get part way through a file and realize, ‘Oh, this involves some child abuse.’ ... And if it's past the unclaimed time, you can't [abandon] it.” https://www.theverge.com/... Kerry Flynn / @kerrymflynn : “Revvers say they don't want the site to go away. They just want the company to pay attention to their grievances.” https://www.theverge.com/... OneZero / @ozm : NEW: Rev freelancers say their work exposes them to unfiltered graphic content — audio accounts of child sexual abuse and video footage containing medical gore. https://onezero.medium.com/...
Rev says workers don't have to transcribe anything they don't want to, and that all files are labeled. Transcribers told us labels are often missing and are too broad in the first place. Read the full story here: https://www.theverge.com/...
I talked to over a dozen Rev freelancers affected by Rev's policies. The pay keeps sinking without warning, while Rev charges customers the same. “I have never in my life worked for a company that is as opaque as Rev. We're nameless workers right now.” https://www.theverge.com/..…
Rev transcribers say they've come across descriptions of child sex trafficking and domestic abuse — all without warning. (via @ozm) http://read.medium.com/CYCFJxl
Important story from @danideahl Anytime there is an open text box or upload button on a big platform, you should assume that somewhere behind it somebody has to deal with disturbing content - usually without enough support. https://www.theverge.com/...
Almost every example of online marketplaces creating price efficiency is a story about online marketplaces treating the people who do the work badly https://www.theverge.com/...
great report from @danideahl on working conditions at transcribing company Rev. gig workers are paid 30 cents for every minute, and can be exposed to graphic content with zero warning and often no chance to take another job https://www.theverge.com/...
I've used Rev for years, but after reading @SarahNEmerson's great series about the company's abuses and privacy flaws, I'm on the market for another transcription service. Any recommendations? https://onezero.medium.com/...
Facebook isn't the only one paying contractors poorly to see and hear terrible things without adequate warning. Here's @danideahl on transcription service Rev — and the humans who depend on its paychecks https://www.theverge.com/...
I freelanced for Rev shortly after my dad died, bc I wanted to be busy without thinking. After a straight month of literal eyeball surgeries at roughly $3/hr despite excelling on all the benchmarks given I was pretty well done. And they DROPPED pay? https://www.theverge.com/...
@rev I've been reporting this Rev story since gig workers blew the whistle on pay cuts. Transcribers say they've seen + heard horrifying content on the platform. Descriptions of child sex trafficking, domestic abuse, sexual assault, medical gore — all unwarned https://onezero.med…
How Rev's “commitment ratio score” forces transcribers to suffer through ugly material: “Sometimes you'll get part way through a file and realize, ‘Oh, this involves some child abuse.’ ... And if it's past the unclaimed time, you can't [abandon] it.” https://www.theverge.com/...
NEW: Rev freelancers say their work exposes them to unfiltered graphic content — audio accounts of child sexual abuse and video footage containing medical gore. https://onezero.medium.com/...