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Say what you want about Facebook, but at least they put an incredible amount of resources into hiring humans to deal with their problems that require good human
by CaptainZapp 8y ago
Say what you want about Facebook, but at least they put an incredible amount of resources into hiring humans to deal with their problems that require good human judgment.
They most certainly did not do that out of the goodness of their heart, but were more or less forced to after their platform was used as a conduit for genocide, which they ignored for years and for other very unsavory and partially illegal practices.
Most of the moderators are contractors, who make slightly above minimum wage and have absolutely horrible jobs and work under dreadful conditions[1]
Using Facebook as some role model is disengenious, at best.
[1] https://gizmodo.com/the-horrifying-lives-of-facebook-content-moderators-1649825388 https://gizmodo.com/the-horrifying-lives-of-facebook-content...