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History Repeats Itself | The Aol Chat Room Monitor Revolt - Priceonomics | September 2014

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History Repeats Itself | The Aol Chat Room Monitor Revolt - Priceonomics | September 2014

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Technology · 1 year ago

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The Aol Chat Room Monitor Revolt - Priceonomics

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In 1999, America Online's volunteer chat room monitors sued the company for back wages. Do today's hot Internet companies risk the same fate?

What comes around is all around

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This was a good read, thank you for sharing!

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