{"id":1496,"date":"2022-07-12T01:19:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T08:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2022-08-28T16:21:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T23:21:52","slug":"episode-172-paying-online-mods-the-un-hackable-russia-and-yandex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/killingit.smallbizthoughts.com\/2022\/07\/episode-172-paying-online-mods-the-un-hackable-russia-and-yandex\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 172 &#8211; Paying online mods, The Un-Hackable Russia, and Yandex"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block;\"  style=\"border:none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/23710691\/height\/100\/width\/\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/theme\/custom\/tdest_id\/1346593\/custom-color\/87A93A\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" 1=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 2=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 3=\"oallowfullscreen\" 4=\"msallowfullscreen\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" placement=\"bottom\" libsyn_item_id=\"0\" theme=\"custom\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Topic 1:<\/p>\n<p>Is there value in paying these volunteers, or more value in not paying them?<\/p>\n<p>Online moderators&#8217; contributions to open forum platform Reddit are estimated to be worth 3.4 million dollars in a given year. That accounts to roughly 3% of revenue Reddit generated through ads alone in 2019. In other words, you can argue there is room in the budget to compensate online moderators for their unpaid labor.<\/p>\n<p>But contributing to a community\/activity you are passionate drives people to participate beyond a monetary value&#8230;so is it really necessary?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/28\/technology\/online-moderators-compensation.html\"> https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/28\/technology\/online-moderators-compensation.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Topic 2:<\/p>\n<p>Russia has always been recognized as a haven for hackers.<\/p>\n<p>It is not recognized as such because of its superior encryption, ingenius malware, or anything like that; Rather, it reigns number one by fear alone.<\/p>\n<p>It has been instilled in us that Russia is the big bad of the cyberspace.<\/p>\n<p>The drive to fight back has always been overshadowed by the fear that doing so might open up a Pandora&#8217;s box of Russian retaliation.<\/p>\n<p>However, as hacktivists and criminals become major players in the conflict in Ukraine, we might be able to gain some leverage in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>It would mean taking a huge step towards chaos but sometimes things need to get worse in order to get better.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/05\/01\/russia-cyber-attacks-hacking\/\"> https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/05\/01\/russia-cyber-attacks-hacking\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Topic 3:<\/p>\n<p>Yandex, the perfect Russian tech company, falls on hard times.<\/p>\n<p>Yandex is what can be recognized as the &#8220;Google of Russia.&#8221; They own 60% of search in Russia&#8230;Plus taxi apps, emails, robot food delivery, and more.<\/p>\n<p>But now, the Kremlin has forced them to filter all of its content and create and distribute pro-government media. This has led to a loss of over 2,500 employees and a devastating blow to the company&#8217;s reputation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/06\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-yandex-google.html\"> https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/06\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-yandex-google.html<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Sponsor Memo: PC Matic<\/p>\n<p>Endpoint Security built on a zero trust\/default deny foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Finally &#8211; a light weight, simple to deploy &amp; easy to manage approach to application allowlisting.<\/p>\n<p>The perfect compliment to your current security stack. No minimums and no annual contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about by visiting PCMatic.com\/MSP today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/episode\/index\/id\/23710691\/tdest_id\/1346593\">Check out this episode!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topic 1: Is there value in paying these volunteers, or more value in not paying them? 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