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Virtual Videogame Sweatshops
Published by Chris | Filed under News
I came across a funny article on the business 2.0 blog site about how sweatshops are popping up in Asia where laborers are paid as little as 56 cents an hour to do mind-numbingly repetitive tasks. The funny thing is that they are being paid to play online video games to gain powers for their employers. Just so the employer can sell these powers and characters for a profit. Sometimes as much as $60k per month. Who in the hell is buying that shit. Read the rest of the article.
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July 27th, 2005
July 30th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
Web 2.0 This Week (July 24 - 30)
It’s been a fun-filled Web 2.0 week, capped off with BlogHerCon today. Good stuff below.
1. BlogHer Conference on Saturday, July 30, 2005
The BlogHer Conference ‘05 is today, at Techmart in Santa Clara.
“This flagship event is…