Hey y’all! This is a repost[0], it’s been one month since we’ve launched and have plenty[1] to show for it. We’ve grown to 600+ users so far, became part of Open Collective under Open Source Europe and we’ve just started. For those who don’t know, the project is open-source[2] under the AGPL. Come over and join the community! [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49208458 [1]: https://textlog.cc/blog/recap-v2 [2]: https://github.com/stagas/textlog Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49577048 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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Workers who blame algorithms for lowering their earnings are getting help from academics to find out how the system works Gig economy workers are urging delivery platforms to open up the “black box” of computer-driven algorithms that determine the jobs they are offered and how much they are paid, blaming increased use of AI for lowering wages. A group of food delivery riders in Edinburgh say their rates of pay have fallen and their working conditions have deteriorated at the same time as Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Just Eat, the three dominant gig economy platforms in the UK and Ireland, hav…

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