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cybertariat

noun

Etymology

Blend of cyber- + proletariat. Coined by researcher Ursula Huws in a 2000 essay (see quotation below).

  1. derived from *h₂el-✻ — “to grow, nourish”
  2. derived from proletārius
  3. borrowed from prolétariat
  4. compounded as cybertariat — “cyber- + proletariat”

Definitions

  1. A proletarian class who perform repetitive, unskilled, and low-paid digital labour (such…

    A proletarian class who perform repetitive, unskilled, and low-paid digital labour (such as moderating online platforms or click farming).

    • It is apparent that a new cybertariat is in the making. Whether it will perceive itself as such is another matter.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cybertariat. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA