Jacobin, a socialist magazine, has come under fire for paying its writers only $0.07 per word for 1800-word articles, amounting to $125 per article. Critics argue that this rate is significantly lower than what writers could earn working at Walmart. Community Notes, a fact-checking feature, has highlighted the disparity, leading to widespread criticism of Jacobin's pay practices. Some commentators have labeled Jacobin as hypocritical for not providing a living wage to its writers while promoting socialist ideals and relying on their subsidized liberal arts degrees.
Considering how much I hate Jacobin, this is a hilarious community note that calls them out for being cheap. https://t.co/VoO9Vd2lHr
This is unfair. Jacobin is paying so little only because nobody is willing to pay for their writing *under capitalism*! https://t.co/V1bVQbUML1
What we've learned here is that Jacobin writers are way overpaid https://t.co/jGKN1ge7Sl
Socialist Magazine Jacobin Destroyed By Community Notes. https://t.co/Rtwqu8hWbi
Community notes just murdered Jacobin https://t.co/GgZ39h1lUd
This is pure poetry from Community Notes. LOL imagine a world in which a hypocritical socialist rag like Jacobin actually pays its writers a living wage instead of relying on their subsidized liberal arts degrees to exploit them at 7 cents a word. https://t.co/pCDGKK6z1f
If socialists want to write for Jacobin for $0.07 per word, that’s fine—they have the right to make their own occupational choices. But those same socialists should recognize that it’s fine if other people decide to take a job at Walmart that pays them *more* than Jacobin would
lmfao Jacobin pays 7 cents a word for 1800 word articles $125 for almost 2000 words. You'll get paid several times as much per hour working for Wal-Mart as you will pitching Jacobin and then researching and writing the article https://t.co/7tHf4ZxQd4 https://t.co/zSg3kXSz67 https://t.co/CSKehmDkFz