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Damion Bunders @djbunders.bsky.social · 6d

⭐ Those five little stars may seem trivial, but reputation systems are crucial to platform work. On 29 October, @rensec.bsky.social and @martijnarets.bsky.social will present on the good and bad of reputation systems and how data portability may improve them. Register here: www.uu.nl/en/events/on...

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 6d

Op 29 oktober presenteer ik mijn werk over dataportabiliteit in de kluseconomie tijdens het online seminar "Sustainable Platform work – Studying trust and reputation systems in the platform economy". Meer info en inschrijven: www.uu.nl/en/events/on...

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 9d

𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐞: 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 - For another episode of The Gig Work Podcast by WageIndicator Foundation I interviewed Ali Hamriti, founder of Rollee. Check the blog and podcast: gigpedia.org/resources/bl...

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 9d

My reflections after visiting the International Network of Digital Labor (#INDL8) conference in Bologna. martijnarets.ghost.io/from-bologna...

Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · 13d

Event: "Ghostwork, de onzichtbare arbeid achter AI
Hoe beschermen we de 150 miljoen datawerkers achter onze AI?" Kom op 15 oktober naar de Hogeschool van Amsterdam en neem deel aan een discussie over hoe we datawerk een plek kunnen geven in discussies over Responsible AI.

www.hva.nl/evenementen/...

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · Jul 29

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: “𝐔𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲"

New podcast, video and blog: gigpedia.org/resources/bl...

Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · Jun 19

The photos of the workshop "Tackling the impersonality of algorithmic management: community-building and social wellbeing among platform workers", organized by @timchristiaens.bsky.social are now online: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCiojx

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · Jun 18

Insightful presentation by Alessandro Tirapani: "Actually, we have no algorithm: a neo-luddite approach to democratic organisations in the gig economy", based on the case of the CoopCycle.

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · Jun 18

Moonshot solutions by @casilli.bsky.social

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · Jun 18

Interesting (as always) contribution by @casilli.bsky.social: "From Resistance to Reimagination: ten years of digital labor activism".

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · Jun 18

Attending the workshop "Tackling the impersonality of algorithmic management: community building and social well-being among platform workers", hosted by @timchristiaens.bsky.social

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · Jun 17

Worked with the development team of @freshheads.bsky.social on the preps for the second version of the GigCV API. New features, new fast (and European) hosting and multi language.

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · Jun 2

European Commission fines Delivery Hero and Glovo €329 million for participation in online food delivery cartel. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Commission fines Delivery Hero and Glovo €329 million for participation in online food delivery cartel

The Commission has fined Delivery Hero and Glovo, two major food delivery companies, a total of €329 million for participating in a cartel in the online food delivery sector.

ec.europa.eu

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · May 27

Early morning activity in Nairobi…

Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · May 26

Today in Nairobi, I had an interview with Michelle Hassan from the Jobtech Alliance on the opportunities and impact of jobtech platforms in Africa. It was an inspiring conversation about opportunities, challenges and reality checks.

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Uğur Aytaç @uguraytac.bsky.social · May 23

We're hiring! I'll be co-supervising a PhD at Utrecht University on the global governance of socially disruptive technologies. Political philosophy/ethics project focused on legitimacy & good governance.

More info: edu.nl/9admd
Deadline: June 3, 2025 (apologies for the short notice!)

edu.nl

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · May 24

Valt mee: 200 iso. En een heel heldere dag.

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · May 23

Dank, zat een Kodak film in.

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · May 23

First pictures made with my ‘new’ analogue Rolleiflex camera.

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · May 22

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 - in Paris I interviewed @casilli.bsky.social on his work and new book 'Waiting for Robots'. Today I published the podcast, video and blog on our conversation. gigpedia.org/resources/bl...

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · May 21

Ah, you already found the video ;-) Blog and podcast will be online end of week, will share it with you when everything is online.

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Casilli @casilli.bsky.social · May 20

For the #GigWorkPodcast, I was interviewed by @martijnarets.bsky.social about my latest book “Waiting for Robots. The Hired Hands of Automation” (U. Chicago Press).
youtu.be/0oRkW9_Gz54 We spoke for 1 hour 15 minutes and 15 seconds—every instant counts.

The myth of automation: How AI is and will remain dependent on cheap labour

YouTube video by WageIndicator Foundation

youtu.be

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · May 13

Experimenting to combine video with my podcast recordings of The Gig Work Podcast. Impressive how Descript AI helps creating short videos out of the 70-minute interview recording.

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · May 13

Uiteindelijk zijn we allemaal datawerker: bewust en onbewust. Zo is het frame in deze mail dat ik andere mensen help, maar degene die ik écht help is natuurijk Google zelf.

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Martijn Arets @martijnarets.bsky.social · May 6

Interesting conversation for The Gig Work Podcast with the co-founder and CEO of Rollee. They are helping credit companies and gig workers to get data from their profiles to create credit scores and by that giving workers better access to loans.

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