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Ethics and tactics of professional crowdwork

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Paid crowd workers are not just an API call---but all too often, they are treated like one.

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        cover image XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students
        XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students  Volume 17, Issue 2
        Comp-YOU-Ter
        Winter 2010
        53 pages
        ISSN:1528-4972
        EISSN:1528-4980
        DOI:10.1145/1869086
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