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Good to hear; a few years ago I'd read an article about a former moderator about the practices needed to remove YouTube videos. One particular practice that was
by tsumnia 9y ago
Good to hear; a few years ago I'd read an article about a former moderator about the practices needed to remove YouTube videos. One particular practice that was necessary was to watch the video IN FULL (many videos involving death) and document the entirety of the video's contents. The article also talked about how there was no type of psychological support to the moderators and that many left the position after about 6 months.
EDIT: Here are two articles:
https://www.wired.com/2014/10/content-moderation/ https://www.wired.com/2014/10/content-moderation/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/technology/19screen.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/technology/19screen.html
The first link has a good comment on why this is a big deal:
"If someone was uploading animal abuse, a lot of the time it was the person who did it. He was proud of that," Rob says. "And seeing it from the eyes of someone who was proud to do the fucked-up thing, rather than news reporting on the fucked-up thing—it just hurts you so much harder, for some reason. It just gives you a much darker view of humanity."