Emotional labor watch: "Closers" flirt on behalf of men who use Tinder
by Cory Doctorow from on (#3NX45)
Closers are paid $1.45/session to log into (usually) men's dating-app accounts and flirt with the women in their queue for 10 minute stretches, as part of a gig-economy company called Vida (Virtual Dating Assistants). (more")