# Gig Platforms **Domain:** Labor Systems / Platform Governance **Doc Type:** System Class **Maturity:** Developed **Related:** [[Algorithmic Scheduling]], [[Continuous Availability]], [[The Fissured Workplace]], [[Infrastructure as Governance]], [[Schedule and Loop]] ## Definition **Gig platforms** mediate discrete tasks or services through digital marketplaces, ranking, dispatch, pricing and reputation systems. ## Schedule–Loop Context They can divide the shift into continuously offered units while coordinating workers through models and incentives rather than a shared workplace clock. This joins temporal desynchronization to algorithmic governance and diffuse employment responsibility. ## Backlinks - [[Schedule and Loop]] - [[articles/Schedule and Loop|Schedule and Loop]]