Algorithms and their Affordances: How Crowdworkers Manage Algorithmic Scores in Online Labour Markets

On online labour platforms, algorithmic scores are used as indicators of freelancers' work quality and future performance. Recent studies underscore that, to achieve good secure their presence on freelancers respond control in different ways. However, we argue, fully understand how deal with scores, first need investigate they interpret and, more specifically, what can do for them, i.e., perceived affordances constraints. Our interviews other qualitative data collected knowledge intensive gig workers a major platform allow us explain the algorithms (i.e., barrier, individual visibility, self-extension, rule game) act mechanisms that behavioural emotional responses over time. contributes current debate positive negative consequences by portraying fundamental role paid interpretation integrating affordance perspective into our understanding work.