Comments on: Digital Labor at the New School http://madisonian.net/2009/10/27/digital-labor-at-the-new-school/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Thu, 10 May 2012 20:32:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike Madison http://madisonian.net/2009/10/27/digital-labor-at-the-new-school/comment-page-1/#comment-298192 Mike Madison Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:42:43 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=3286#comment-298192 True, true. To your Kafka, how about a Groucho? (He of "wouldn't join a club that would accept him as a member" fame.) If I've commoditized your friends (for portability purposes), should I count that as an asset or a liability? I'm talking about the concept, not the pragmatics; I know that people rely on their FB friend lists. But as I read more and more news coverage of proposed "three strikes" legislation from European governments (download illegally too many times, and you're cut off from the net), I'm tempted to pull a Clint Eastwood: Go ahead. Make my day. Make me stop drinking from the firehose! True, true. To your Kafka, how about a Groucho? (He of “wouldn’t join a club that would accept him as a member” fame.) If I’ve commoditized your friends (for portability purposes), should I count that as an asset or a liability? I’m talking about the concept, not the pragmatics; I know that people rely on their FB friend lists.

But as I read more and more news coverage of proposed “three strikes” legislation from European governments (download illegally too many times, and you’re cut off from the net), I’m tempted to pull a Clint Eastwood: Go ahead. Make my day. Make me stop drinking from the firehose!

]]> By: Frank http://madisonian.net/2009/10/27/digital-labor-at-the-new-school/comment-page-1/#comment-298146 Frank Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:01:19 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=3286#comment-298146 Good point, Mike. I think I would follow Joe Turow, Mireille Hildebrandt, and Dan Solove in arguing that much of this profiling is secret and undetectable. I take your Pogo reference and raise with a Kafka! For example, I was recently complaining about the new Facebook feed and someone said: "well, you can just quit." But can I bring dozens of friends with me to some other social network? Good point, Mike. I think I would follow Joe Turow, Mireille Hildebrandt, and Dan Solove in arguing that much of this profiling is secret and undetectable. I take your Pogo reference and raise with a Kafka!

For example, I was recently complaining about the new Facebook feed and someone said: “well, you can just quit.” But can I bring dozens of friends with me to some other social network?

]]> By: Mike Madison http://madisonian.net/2009/10/27/digital-labor-at-the-new-school/comment-page-1/#comment-298139 Mike Madison Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:27:50 +0000 http://madisonian.net/?p=3286#comment-298139 A provocative concept for discussion, to be sure. I am bothered by the apparent elision of agency in the description, which mentions how "we are commoditized, racialized, and engendered." To what extent does Pogo's motto apply? "We have met the enemy and he is us." A provocative concept for discussion, to be sure. I am bothered by the apparent elision of agency in the description, which mentions how “we are commoditized, racialized, and engendered.” To what extent does Pogo’s motto apply? “We have met the enemy and he is us.”

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