Fissures in algorithmic power: platforms, code, and contestation

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Table 1. A typology of fissures in algorithmic power.

Category	Description	Risks for workers
Manipulation	Circumvention of algorithmic management to reject job requests or maximize fares (i.e. breaking the rules of platforms)	Deactivation and legal consequences
Subversion	Subtle exploitation of loopholes in the system in beneficial ways (i.e. following the rules of platforms, but in creative ways)	Normalization of quantification and gamification regimes
Disruption	Constitution of picket lines and virtual counter-publics (i.e. collectively organizing to rewrite the rules of platforms)	Fragility of collective action