# kaal:claim:3128900-044

**Claim.** Centralized approval processes and identity requirements for worker registration significantly limit the registration of new micro task workers.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- centralized micro task platforms requiring identity verified registration

**Source quote.**

> According to a study by the World Bank, centralized approval processes and identity requirements for mechanical turk worker registration creates significant limitations for the registration of new workers for micro task platforms.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation* (2018), 4.4 Worker Anonymity Increases Participation, page 17

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Mechanical Turk Through Verified Reputation (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3128900

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `381d72e85d976e2af852e8ec3bba87bc6a05ccb3349a2c3dd6f9e64de96ab4b0` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202018%20-%20Decentralized%20Mechanical%20Turk%20Through%20Verified%20Reputation.pdf

**Failure mode.** Identity gate on registration  (family: inequality-and-access-divide)

**Topics.** corporate-governance, tokenomics

**Keywords.** identity-verification, onboarding, entry-barriers, labor-supply

**Related claims.**

- extended_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-015

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