Influencers are disgusted with Amazon’s paltry $25-per-video endorsement offer | It looks like full-time Amazon UCG creators are getting a 90-percent cut in pay::undefined

  • echo64@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    All labor deserves a livable wage. I don’t care if it’s something I personally find annoying. Fuck amazon for screwing people over, even if I find those people annoying, it doesn’t matter.

    • AbidanYre@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Not all jobs need to exist. I think everyone here is saying they’re fine with “influencer” not being an option anymore.

      • teruma@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        I’d love for that to extend to professional sports, but I understand that’s probably a bit too radical, even for Lemmy.

        • AbidanYre@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          As someone who doesn’t really watch professional sports at all, I’m in no position to argue.

      • echo64@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        It’s labor that a company finds value in, ergo it exists whether you find it annoying or not. Just like telemarketing or insurance. What the issue is, is the simping for the company being able to pay dogshit for the service or not.

        • AbidanYre@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          Nobody here is simping for Amazon no matter how many times you say it. We just don’t have any sympathy for influencers who contribute nothing to society.

          • echo64@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            2
            ·
            1 year ago

            you can say “i don’t like these people, but people shouldn’t be taken advantage of in the labor market” if you like, that wouldn’t be simping for amazon. simping for amazon is saying “lol good i hope they all get paid nothing because i find them personally annoying”

            • AbidanYre@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              3
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              1 year ago

              That’s not simping for Amazon. Simping would involve saying something pro Amazon, no one is doing that.

              You’re right, no one should be taken advantage of, and if a job isn’t worth paying a livable wage for, it’s not a job that should exist. It seems like everyone agrees “influencer” isn’t a job that should exist.

              Influencers don’t work for Amazon, they’re free to try peddling their nonsense somewhere else. But it turns out they don’t actually provide a valuable service to anyone, so no one wants to buy it.

              • echo64@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                1
                ·
                1 year ago

                Writers don’t work for netflix, they are free to try peddling their nonsense somewhere else. But it turns out they don’t actually provide a valuable service to anyone, so no one wants to buy it.

                Postal workers don’t work for delivery companies, they are free to try peddling their nonsense somewhere else, but it turns out they don’t actually provide a valuable service to anyone, so no one wants to buy it.

                Do you see how you sound now? Just admit that you don’t think some people should have a livable wage because you think their job is annoying. Oh no, not for those people, I don’t like them.

                • AbidanYre@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  ·
                  edit-2
                  1 year ago

                  Writers don’t work for netflix, they are free to try peddling their nonsense somewhere else.

                  Yeah, they can sell their work to one of the networks, or Disney, or any of the other dozens of production companies that exist. But if no one wants to buy it, that writer may need to find another job. Or they can band together and strike like they’re doing right now. Something tells me no one would notice or care if all the influencers went on strike together.

                  Postal workers don’t work for delivery companies

                  They do though. Postal workers are directly employed by USPS. And UPS and FedEx drivers work for those companies. Also, people are willing to pay to have their packages delivered to them. There was an article within like the last month about how high the starting salary was for UPS delivery drivers. Because, apparently there is demand for the service they provide.

                  You’re going to need better examples if you want to convince anyone that influencers are worth having around.

                  • echo64@lemmy.world
                    link
                    fedilink
                    English
                    arrow-up
                    1
                    ·
                    1 year ago

                    I’m not trying to convince you that anyone is “worth having around”. I’m saying you are supporting amazon in their attempts to not pay their labourers a fair amount. You only want people to be paid when you like the people and what they do.

                    You don’t care about fair labor when you don’t like the people. It’s that simple.

    • Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      arrow-down
      6
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      All labor deserves a livable wage

      I thought we were talking about influencers here - the “give me free stuff and look at how much fun I’m having” crowd.