Comments on: Blogging May Not Be Deadly, But It Has a Whole Sweatshop of Other Problems http://wordpressphilippines.org/blog/blogging-may-not-be-deadly-but-it-has-a-whole-sweatshop-of-other-problems/ A community made especially for users, designers, and developers of WordPress from the Philippines. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:41:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: luis http://wordpressphilippines.org/blog/blogging-may-not-be-deadly-but-it-has-a-whole-sweatshop-of-other-problems/#comment-410 luis Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:31:26 +0000 http://wordpressphilippines.org/?p=89#comment-410 Nice, thought-provoking post. I wrote up a response, it's too long to paste here, but here's a snippet: Let’s not forget that the Internet is a free market just like most other offline industries, and that the main reason why Filipinos are getting paid peanuts to blog professionally is because they accept peanuts. Let’s disassemble that notion briefly [...] http://guttervomit.com/2008/04/08/sweatshop-blogging-economics/ <em>luis's last blog post..<a href='http://guttervomit.com/2008/04/08/sweatshop-blogging-economics/' rel="nofollow">Sweatshop Blogging Economics</a></em> Nice, thought-provoking post. I wrote up a response, it’s too long to paste here, but here’s a snippet:

Let’s not forget that the Internet is a free market just like most other offline industries, and that the main reason why Filipinos are getting paid peanuts to blog professionally is because they accept peanuts. Let’s disassemble that notion briefly [...]

http://guttervomit.com/2008/04/08/sweatshop-blogging-economics/

luis’s last blog post..Sweatshop Blogging Economics

]]> By: guttervomit » Sweatshop Blogging Economics http://wordpressphilippines.org/blog/blogging-may-not-be-deadly-but-it-has-a-whole-sweatshop-of-other-problems/#comment-409 guttervomit » Sweatshop Blogging Economics Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:23:23 +0000 http://wordpressphilippines.org/?p=89#comment-409 [...] Over at WordPressPhilippines, Ia writes: [...] [...] Over at WordPressPhilippines, Ia writes: [...]

]]> By: pinoymug.com http://wordpressphilippines.org/blog/blogging-may-not-be-deadly-but-it-has-a-whole-sweatshop-of-other-problems/#comment-406 pinoymug.com Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:44:03 +0000 http://wordpressphilippines.org/?p=89#comment-406 <strong>Blogging May Not Be Deadly, But It Has a Whole Sweatshop of Other Problems...</strong> It’s currently the hottest story at TechMeme. The New York Times reports that “In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop“. Drop dead, that is. They consider professional blogging a “digital-era sweatshop”, referring to a factor... Blogging May Not Be Deadly, But It Has a Whole Sweatshop of Other Problems…

It’s currently the hottest story at TechMeme. The New York Times reports that “In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop“. Drop dead, that is. They consider professional blogging a “digital-era sweatshop”, referring to a factor…

]]> By: Dying Bloggers Currently In, Situation Not as Bad in the Philippines http://wordpressphilippines.org/blog/blogging-may-not-be-deadly-but-it-has-a-whole-sweatshop-of-other-problems/#comment-403 Dying Bloggers Currently In, Situation Not as Bad in the Philippines Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:57:16 +0000 http://wordpressphilippines.org/?p=89#comment-403 [...] Filipinos, particularly those who like writing in English. Even with the weakened US dollar and the apparent lack of protection for the blogger, the local economic realities of the industry are simply too lucrative to ignore. Read [...] [...] Filipinos, particularly those who like writing in English. Even with the weakened US dollar and the apparent lack of protection for the blogger, the local economic realities of the industry are simply too lucrative to ignore. Read [...]

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