Facebook itself is paying creators in India, Vietnam, and the Philippines for bizarre AI spam that they are learning to make from YouTube influencers and guides sold on Telegram.
to get on my developing-nation[0] soapbox for a little bit: it is, and it’s also hilarious how often this sort of shit happens with things developed by people who you could largely handwave as “their smallest computer is a 3yo max-spec mbp” (I know this isn’t precise but ygwim). “talk to your users” is obviously useful and it’s often largely clear that a lot of these orgs don’t, but it’s even more clear in places further down the economic ladder. the one thing people in such markets often have is bucketloads of time. I do like that the phrasing used in the article was “you do not actually have to spend any money” rather than calling it “free” - this is still work. but you will readily find maaaaaany people who will do this sort of thing
[0] - speaking from experience, large consideration in stuff I have to design for in services
to get on my developing-nation[0] soapbox for a little bit: it is, and it’s also hilarious how often this sort of shit happens with things developed by people who you could largely handwave as “their smallest computer is a 3yo max-spec mbp” (I know this isn’t precise but ygwim). “talk to your users” is obviously useful and it’s often largely clear that a lot of these orgs don’t, but it’s even more clear in places further down the economic ladder. the one thing people in such markets often have is bucketloads of time. I do like that the phrasing used in the article was “you do not actually have to spend any money” rather than calling it “free” - this is still work. but you will readily find maaaaaany people who will do this sort of thing
[0] - speaking from experience, large consideration in stuff I have to design for in services