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I have several friends who do this work for various platforms. The problem is, someone has to do it. These platforms are mandated by law to moderate it or else
by wkat4242 2y ago
I have several friends who do this work for various platforms.
The problem is, someone has to do it. These platforms are mandated by law to moderate it or else they're responsible for the content the users post. And the companies can not shield their employees from it because the work simply needs doing. I don't think we can really blame the platforms (though I think the remuneration could be higher for this tough work).
The work tends to suit some people better than others. The same way some people will not be able to be a forensic doctor doing autopsies. Some have better detachment skills.
All the people I know that do this work have 24/7 psychologists on site (most of them can't work remotely due to the private content they work with). I do notice though that most of them do have an "Achilles heel". They tend to shrug most things off without a second thought but there's always one or two specific things or topics that haunt them.
Hopefully eventually AI will be good enough to deal with this shit. It sucks for their jobs or course but it's not the kind of job anyone really does with pleasure.
- ternnoburn 2y agoSomeone has to do it is a strong claim. We could not have the services that require it instead.
- EdgeSlash 2y agoAbsolutely. The platforms could reasonably easy stop allowing anonymous accounts. They don’t because more users means more money.
- wkat4242 2y agoUhh no I'm not giving up my privacy because a few people want to misbehave. Screw that. My friends know who I am but the social media companies shouldn't have to. Also, it'll make social media even more fake than it already is. Everyone trying to be as fake as possible. Just like LinkedIn is now. It's sickening, all these people toting the company line. Even though they do nothing but complain when you speak to them in person. And I don't think it'll actually solve the problem. People find ways to get through the validation with fake IDs.
- ternnoburn 2y agoNot what I was saying. I'm questioning the need for the thing entirely.
- Der_Einzige 2y agoSo brown/black people in the third world who often find that this is their only meaningful form of social mobility are the "someone" by default? Because that's the de-facto world we have!
- wkat4242 2y agoThat's not true at all. All the people I speak of are here in Spain. They're generally just young people starting a career. Many of them end up in the fringes of cybersecurity work (user education etc) actually because they've seen so many scams. So it's the start of a good career. Sure some companies would outsource also to africa but it doesn't mean this work is only available to third-world countries. And there's not that many jobs in it. It's more than possible to be able to find enough people that can stomach it. There was another article a few years back about the poor state of mental health of Facebook moderators in Berlin. This is not exclusively a poor people problem. More of a wrong people for the job problem. And of course we should look more at why this is the only form of social mobility for them if it's really the case.