From Simplifying Algorithm to Auditing Algorithm:The Informal Algorithm Knowledge among Entrepreneurs from Live E-commerce Industry
This study investigates the politics of visibility between platforms and laborers,starting with the algorithmic gossip among live e-commerce entrepreneurs.This research founds that,the content of algorithmic gossip can be divided into two parts:simplifying algorithms and auditing algorithms.The first part shows how entrepreneurs simplify rules and establish norms,including defining"traffic"in terms of digital identity and explicitly executing the"data-running"labor process of producing data through content production,real-time monitoring,and analyzing feedback.Auditing algorithms reflects entrepreneurs'reinterpretation of the meaning of algorithms while rationalizing platform governance measures,evidenced by entrepreneurs'auditing of algorithms for innovation,decentralization,and publicness.The article concludes by summarizing the theoretical value of algorithmic gossip in understanding the relationship between platforms and workers from marginal knowledge and the technological environment in general.
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