Because the pay is high to offset the downsides. Not sure about FB, but Youtube reportedly pays moderators an annual salary of $37k [1] and Glassdoor reports t

Because the pay is high to offset the downsides. Not sure about FB, but Youtube reportedly pays moderators an annual salary of $37k [1] and Glassdoor reports the average content moderator salary is $45k. The US Health and Human Services put those salaries between 3 and 4 times that of the poverty guideline for a single person. This poverty guideline describes the bottom 12% of the US population. The Youtube salary describes the middle 33%. In the referenced Youtube article, the man "worries that he will not be able to find another job that pays as well as this one does". [1] https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/16/21021005/ https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/16/21021005/