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The level of dystopian hellscape and awfulness that @CitizenApp is committed to creating on America's streets continues to astound me—but it's also exactly what we've come to expect from Peter Thiel: https://t.co/Orp1oQF0uI
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) July 26, 2021
This some black mirror shit
— 梁 (@j__liang) July 26, 2021
Citizen is quietly hiring New Yorkers to run around the city and livestream crime scenes for $25 an hour https://t.co/OuoxD7zqqq
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) July 26, 2021
Great to see venture-backed media companies creating journalism jobs. Can’t wait to see what ads get run against c(rime)span when they move to monetize. https://t.co/mgNL0GHjXQ
— parker (@pt) July 26, 2021
and then they send the footage to the ny post so they can run 6 fear-mongering knockout game stories an hour https://t.co/kHKSIyi2eA
— chris8365001276 (@MrTooDamnChris) July 26, 2021
Nothing says late stage capitalism quite like private corporations paying people to livestream crimes... except maybe when the police use said videos to ask for more public money. https://t.co/zyinQB1rf3
— Martin Luther Kang the Conqueror ?? (@MacSmiff) July 26, 2021
So Citizen is basically trying to be Substack for local crime reporting. Seems like a smart niche https://t.co/nfuWad0mmv pic.twitter.com/V14Dl1ZvAv
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) July 26, 2021
What newspapers used to do, but pays better than my first job. https://t.co/doVWTphrVe
— Erin Durkin (@erinmdurkin) July 25, 2021
New and exclusive: controversial neighborhood watch app Citizen is quietly hiring New Yorkers to run around the city and livestream crime scenes for $25 an hour https://t.co/PgfbMo25Ou via @nypost
— Theo Wayt (@theo_wayt) July 25, 2021
Citizen is paying runners $25 an hour to livestream crime scenes and fires — but not disclosing that on the app. https://t.co/WcxasDJJbW
— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) July 26, 2021
ah yes, nothing says 'we really thought through the ethical implications of this' like sending untrained vigilantes who don't disclose they're being paid out to cover crime scenes. Looking forward to the inevitable lawsuits https://t.co/BZX62J8e6i
— Jeanmarie Evelly (@JeanmarieEvelly) July 26, 2021
Using a gig work model to incentivize people to find and livestream human tragedy seems like the very bottom, but I’m sure tech companies will keep digging. https://t.co/2MmQ9mPFgq
— hypervisible dot pdf (@hypervisible) July 25, 2021
big "someone is gonna livestream their own accidental death" energy https://t.co/BuyXMqDGZJ
— Chris Boyd ???? (@paperghost) July 26, 2021
Apparently they never watched the movie Nightcrawler https://t.co/p0tYtbe9fy
— Ryan Lawler (@ryanlawler) July 26, 2021
Citizen is a media company now? https://t.co/b4IiehjfD2
— st. (@seyitaylor) July 26, 2021
This was already a thriving industry, I wonder if Loudlabs and Scootercaster are getting an extra $25 an hour now. https://t.co/o7CulhhrrT
— ? (@wehearttrash) July 26, 2021
This builds on great reporting by @ericlevai, who uncovered paid Citizen workers in Los Angeles https://t.co/KKbRnL4dys
— Theo Wayt (@theo_wayt) July 25, 2021
Nice and cool and normal https://t.co/JsPvPyhSye
— Edward Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) July 25, 2021
Seems like an easy way to make a buck, New York! Just walk around the city and film drivers all day. You’ll always be catching some sort of crime on camera. https://t.co/t5rM07Jvj2
— Competent Mayor Bill de Blasio (@GoodNYCMayor) July 26, 2021
This pays more than “real” journalism https://t.co/nCYiIgwDJg
— Are We There Yet? (@JubileeDJ) July 26, 2021
Citizen is quietly hiring New Yorkers to run around the city and livestream crime scenes for $25 an hour https://t.co/OuoxD7zqqq
— Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) July 26, 2021
Citizen app is paying people to chase crime scenes and livestream them, but they don't want anyone to know this and so they're having third parties post the jobs and sign NDAs https://t.co/ugJxNbIUnW
— in the pocket of Big Library (@flexlibris) July 26, 2021