Amir KhanJan 2

CORRECTION!
Turns out the Reddit post I shared isn’t credible so I’m retracting screenshots.
These things only distract from the real issues, which are serious enough on their own.

I do believe the exploitation & manipulation concerns are legitimate though.
The Human Rights Watch’s report does lay out thoroughly, how platforms exploit workers, underpay them, & avoid responsibility -all while framing it as progress.

Worth a read even if the whistleblower post was fake

https://www.hrw.org/report/2025/05/12/the-gig-trap/algorithmic-wage-and-labor-exploitation-in-platform-work-in-the-us

The Gig Trap

The 155-page report, “The Gig Trap: Algorithmic, Wage and Labor Exploitation in Platform Work in the US” focuses on seven major companies operating in the US: Amazon Flex, DoorDash, Favor, Instacart, Lyft, Shipt, and Uber. These companies claim to offer gig workers “flexibility” but often end up paying them less than state or local minimum wages. Six of the seven companies use algorithms with opaque rules to assign jobs and determine wages, meaning that workers do not know how much they will be paid until after completing the job.

Human Rights Watch
Show threadSuperSpaceFanJan 2

@amirbkhan I'd like to know which service this is so I can avoid it like my life depended on it.

@blogdiva

Show threadgarlandJan 2
@SuperSpaceFan @amirbkhan @blogdiva If you think there’s a “good” food delivery gig service that doesn’t mistreat its workers, I’m afraid you are mistaken.
Show threadSuperSpaceFanJan 2

@garland I'd just like to know which delivery service is being discussed here. What I won't do is debate about my choices.

@amirbkhan @blogdiva

Show threadRussian warship go **** yourself Jan 4
@SuperSpaceFan Isn’t it reasonable to assume that all of the delivery service, and probably all gig work companies are doing this?
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@hozhoogoo Welp, it turns out, the entire story was a crock of shit anyway.

https://www.platformer.news/fake-uber-eats-whisleblower-hoax-debunked

Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit

A “whistleblower” tried to corroborate his viral post with AI-generated evidence. This is how I caught him. PLUS: Grok's image-generation crisis, and the rapture over Claude Opus 4.5

Platformer
Jan 6 at 3:15amWeb
Show threadRussian warship go **** yourself Jan 6
@SuperSpaceFan Dang
Show threadAmir KhanJan 6

@SuperSpaceFan @hozhoogoo

Updated my original post to correct this.
Fake and not credible - I agree.
Entirely a crock of shit? I don’t fully agree. The gig industry is known for its unethical practices - I think that’s why such a post resonated.