[HN Gopher] The Textbroker Solution: Gig work as a freelance writer ___________________________________________________________________ The Textbroker Solution: Gig work as a freelance writer Author : DoreenMichele Score : 22 points Date : 2020-03-31 02:34 UTC (20 hours ago) (HTM) web link (writepay.blogspot.com) (TXT) w3m dump (writepay.blogspot.com) | DoreenMichele wrote: | In case it isn't obvious, I'm the author of the piece. Some of my | writing about homelessness and similar does well here, like this | piece from about a month ago: | | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22417487 | | I'm genuinely baffled that people on HN persist in asserting that | Write Pay is content marketing for Textbroker or that I'm a shill | for them. This isn't the first time someone here has said | something like that. | | I've been a member of HN more than a decade. My previous handle | was briefly on the leader board. I know there are people here who | recognize me. | | I'm trying to bring solutions to the table in the face of a | pandemic. They're solutions I've field tested, so to speak. | | I don't know what I need to do to get this taken as seriously as | some of my other writing. If anyone has suggestions, shoot me an | email. | Veen wrote: | Textbroker is content mill on the same model as hundreds of | content mills before it. They're charging 17 Euros for a 1000 | words of low-quality content and 70 for "five star" content. | Obviously the writer gets considerably less. | | Plus, the blog this article is posted on is essentially a content | marketing site for Textbroker. | [deleted] | bigbird-media wrote: | Summary: | | Gig work has a really negative reputation overall, but it was | nothing short of a miraculous solution for me when I was very ill | and homeless. I still do gig work and I still see it as a | potential force for good for the world at large, but only if we | can start doing a better job of designing platforms with more | upside for the workers. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-03-31 23:00 UTC)