Arianna Huffington & Her Blogger Slaves

Arianna Huffington is like a “slave owner on a plantation of bloggers"—
range (@djrange) April 13, 2011

You can find this memorable quote in this article:

Unpaid Blogger Hits ‘Slave Owner’ Huffington With $105M Class Action Lawsuit | Epicenter | Wired.com http://t.co/kt8uEmE—
range (@djrange) April 13, 2011

I think that this was a long time coming. Freelancing, although it can be fruitful for paid freelancers, can be very bad if you aren’t paid at all to make a company like AOL millions. The Huff Post exploits this.

A Day in the Life of a Freelance Writer

While my day isn’t really like this, since I have deadlines every single weekday, I found this pretty funny to read. 185 unread posts in the feed reader? Try on 800. This is what happen on some days. Granted, there are quite a few that I just skim, but others that need to be read.