World Network wants $100 deposit from users to work its orbs
World Network — previously Worldcoin — is offering anybody willing to pay a $100 deposit the chance to buy and operate one of its controversial eye-scanning orbs — but details behind the financial incentives remain murky. Pre-ordering one of the orbs allows you to become a “Community Operator” and gives you the dubious pleasure of being able to register the eyeballs of wannabe World users yourself. However, details of whatever compensation you could expect to receive remain sparse. Indeed, they’re not even explained in the pre-order page or terms and conditions. Orb operators have traditionally been hired by Worldcoin and worked as contractors rather than employees. Under this “Operator Agreement,” they were paid on a commission basis that considered the number of eyeballs (signups) they could verify. World has confirmed to Protos that buyers of the orbs will be compensated in a similar fashion while under the “Community Operator Agreement.” ...