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> I'm curious what they expect Facebook to do in this situation. [...] > This feels like a class action lawsuit brought by garbage workers because they have to

> I'm curious what they expect Facebook to do in this situation. [...] > This feels like a class action lawsuit brought by garbage workers because they have to handle trash all day long. Yes. Why are people creating jobs in the first place that obviously suck? It would be far better if they worked 10% on these disturbing images and 90% on something different, like software QA for instance. I don't want to deep dive into political theory but the mere existence of people whose only job is to dispose garbage or clean toilets makes very little sense, is highly unfair and hardly works. It would be much better if people "cleaned their own sh."

Nasrudith 8y ago
Basic economics is why. Would you want to pay $125/hour for a janitor? Because that is what you get have brain surgeons cleaning toliets. While the jobs suck there are more people who can do them. It works perfectly well even if the job is less than desirable. It does tend to pay a bit more than non-sucky jobs of the same capabilities at least due to less people wanting to be sewage divers.
- blablabla123 8y ago
  > Would you want to pay $125/hour for a janitor? I'm not saying that I would pay $125/hour for a janitor. I'm saying that people who bring in dirt should every once in a while clean it themselves. Like in a flat share but scaled up. Decentralised somehow. > Because that is what you get have brain surgeons cleaning toliets. I guess I'm fine with Brain surgeons getting tumor's out of people's brains. Their job is quite exceptional. > It works perfectly well even if the job is less than desirable. It does not. People who work these jobs and work in overly dense areas like SV or NY cannot afford to live there - except if they live at their parent's...with 50. This needs to be thought through.
  - Nasrudith 8y ago
    The point is that the tasks are commodities and by pushing it onto others you effectively waste the specialized labor. Split it around all you like it is still waste. Sentiment doesn't change the math. As for things working I believe we are speaking of works in two entirely different ways. Having someone as a dedicated cleaner is perfectly functional even if it is a crappy way to make a living. Call it SBW - sucks but works. As long as there are people willing to work the job it is SBW at worst. If they have people willing to head in then it works. SV and NYC are both not the densest by a wide margin compared The issue there is a lack of willingness to upgrade transit and housing density sufficient. SV especially.

Nasrudith 8y ago

Basic economics is why. Would you want to pay $125/hour for a janitor? Because that is what you get have brain surgeons cleaning toliets. While the jobs suck there are more people who can do them. It works perfectly well even if the job is less than desirable. It does tend to pay a bit more than non-sucky jobs of the same capabilities at least due to less people wanting to be sewage divers.

blablabla123 8y ago
> Would you want to pay $125/hour for a janitor? I'm not saying that I would pay $125/hour for a janitor. I'm saying that people who bring in dirt should every once in a while clean it themselves. Like in a flat share but scaled up. Decentralised somehow. > Because that is what you get have brain surgeons cleaning toliets. I guess I'm fine with Brain surgeons getting tumor's out of people's brains. Their job is quite exceptional. > It works perfectly well even if the job is less than desirable. It does not. People who work these jobs and work in overly dense areas like SV or NY cannot afford to live there - except if they live at their parent's...with 50. This needs to be thought through.
- Nasrudith 8y ago
  The point is that the tasks are commodities and by pushing it onto others you effectively waste the specialized labor. Split it around all you like it is still waste. Sentiment doesn't change the math. As for things working I believe we are speaking of works in two entirely different ways. Having someone as a dedicated cleaner is perfectly functional even if it is a crappy way to make a living. Call it SBW - sucks but works. As long as there are people willing to work the job it is SBW at worst. If they have people willing to head in then it works. SV and NYC are both not the densest by a wide margin compared The issue there is a lack of willingness to upgrade transit and housing density sufficient. SV especially.