Outsourcing Tedious Webmaster Tasks to Cyber Sweatshops
I really enjoy being a webmaster. I like designing a new site, creating a new web masterpiece. There are things about it that I really dread. One of those things is verifying links added to my Blog Directory.
I want to maintain a clean directory, so that means that every site submitted must be verified. Earlier this week, I had a backlog of 600 links waiting to be verified. That would take me forever to go through!
Then I began to think. The world is filled with low wage labor, maybe I could outsource it? I went to Digital Point forums and put the bat signal out. I got a bite.
A member agreed to sift through every one of them for the low price of $20. It took him a couple of days to go through, but he got it done. Amazing.
I then started thinking about third world sweatshops, and the possibility that there could be cyber sweatshops out there where young children or slaves are doing this sort of work. I’m sure it’s possible. Why not? After all, who do you think made the shoes you’re wearing?
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February 7th, 2007 at 9:58 am
I disagree with your idea that there’s a “possibility that there could be cyber sweatshops out there where young children”. Children in poor countries don’t even know what a computer looks like. Much less operate one.
September 19th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
and then i came out, mommy move me down sout. Ruud Orlagh.
October 21st, 2007 at 5:17 pm
but your much on my mind, you often get declin. Gautam Asaf.