Yeah we need to talk about how the whole talking point "If people really LOVE your work, they'll give you money voluntarily, from the fullness of their heart" was always shitty but it's especially CLEARLY NOT TRUE for certain fields Like, obviously, pornhttps://twitter.com/MelanieMoore/status/1271690748476264453 …
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This is an overall issue with deciding to make payment voluntary (something online copyleft activists yoinked the anthropological term "gift culture" for without fully understanding the implications) Customers aren't better at setting prices than producers, they're terrible
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Customers just deciding how much you should get paid based on their own judgment isn't liberation of the worker It's the EXACT OPPOSITE of that Like holy shit have you never actually had customers
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Some customers really are just gigantic fucking assholes But that's not even the issue, the issue is that customers are STUPID They don't KNOW ANYTHING That's why they're customers and you're the worker, knowing things is your job
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amazon has convinced everyone that shipping costs nothing and so ppl get on ebay regularly all 'wait why is s/h so high' like, that's what it actually costs friend
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What was that tweet about how someone clicks their Dash button for a product they get "Free 1-Day Shipping" on with Prime and instantly causes a carnival of misery across the country
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