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The new Facebook job that no one really wants.
« on: May 08, 2017, 08:20:14 pm »
YOU can spend your day in your pyjamas surfing the internet and earning up to six figures — so long as you don’t mind watching suicide, rape and murder.
Facebook announced Wednesday that it will hire an additional 3,000 “content moderators” around the world in a bid to keep the worst of the web off its social media platform. That’s on top of the existing 4,500 employees who already work to identify hate speech, pornography, child exploitation and other violent and disturbing acts.
The move follows a string of gruesome episodes that were lifestreamed on Facebook, including a father in Thailand who hanged his 11-month-old baby girl before killing himself. The video lingered on the site for roughly 24 hours before it was finally removed.
“This is important,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post announcing the move. “Just last week, we got a report that someone on Live was considering suicide. We immediately reached out to law enforcement, and they were able to prevent him from hurting himself. In other cases, we weren’t so fortunate.”
But in trying to keep the web’s underbelly at bay, Facebook and other social media companies are subjecting a growing group of workers to trauma and emotional distress. Critics say the job can be debilitating, leaving moderators with “permanent videos in their heads” and a need to stay away from everyday items-turned-potential triggers, like knives and computers.
“They’re exposed to the worst things you can imagine,” said Ben Wells, a lawyer who is representing two former Microsoft moderators who claim they developed post-traumatic stress disorder. “If you can imagine the worst person in the world and what they would want to watch, that’s what they’re exposed to, whether it’s on a daily basis or very frequently. And some of this stuff you just cannot un-see and there are things you can’t get rid of. It can be debilitating.”

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Re: The new Facebook job that no one really wants.
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2017, 08:47:26 pm »
I volunteered with a group called Cyber Angels (affiliated for a time with the Guardian Angels) checking websites for child porn and reporting it to LE. Now I could get 6 figures for what I did for free!

I wouldn't do it now, though, for fear of getting a "possession" charge from my browser cache!
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« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2017, 08:50:52 pm »
I'll pass.

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« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2017, 08:53:19 pm »
It'll still require a master's degree, 5 years experience in a high-level position and experience in three obscure programming languages.
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« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2017, 09:58:29 pm »
It'll still require a master's degree, 5 years experience in a high-level position and experience in three obscure programming languages.

Gotta keep the riff-raff out somehow, Myrle.
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« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2017, 10:00:57 pm »
Gotta keep the riff-raff out somehow, Myrle.

There's also the danger that whoever moderates it may realize that there is a market of scumbags out there who will happily pay for rape and snuff films.

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« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2017, 10:37:29 pm »
There's also the danger that whoever moderates it may realize that there is a market of scumbags out there who will happily pay for rape and snuff films.

A very real concern, considering some of the people already working at Bookface.
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« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2017, 10:41:54 pm »
A very real concern, considering some of the people already working at Bookface.

I'm not emotionally prepared to do a job like that but I can guarantee I wouldn't be passing that crap on.

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« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2017, 10:43:52 pm »
I'm not emotionally prepared to do a job like that but I can guarantee I wouldn't be passing that crap on.

Bookface would never consider hiring you.  They only hire creeps and pervs.
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« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2017, 11:53:43 pm »
Bookface would never consider hiring you.  They only hire creeps and pervs.

Frank and me have interviews scheduled for tomorrow.   Looks like we have a shot!

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« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2017, 11:56:24 pm »
Frank and me have interviews scheduled for tomorrow.   Looks like we have a shot!

You two are shoo-ins.  Seriously.  Don't drop your soap in the shower  And watch your grammar.
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« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2017, 11:59:54 pm »
You two are shoo-ins.  Seriously.  Don't drop your soap in the shower  And watch your grammar.

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« Reply #12 on: May 09, 2017, 12:09:32 am »
Frank and I have a life time supply of Soap on a Rope.

Well done, Padawan.   :beer:
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Re: The new Facebook job that no one really wants.
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2017, 12:14:39 am »
Seriously, I need a job. My self employment is all but dried up. I just need about 10-15k a year.

Wonder if I should apply....
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Re: The new Facebook job that no one really wants.
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2017, 12:25:42 am »
I tried self employment once.  But the boss was a dick and I had to quit.

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« Reply #15 on: May 09, 2017, 12:27:30 am »
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YOU can spend your day in your pyjamas surfing the internet and earning up to six figures — so long as you don’t mind watching suicide, rape and murder.

You mean, just like watching most any movie made these days?

Hell, where do I sign up?!
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« Reply #16 on: May 09, 2017, 12:40:10 am »
Seriously, I need a job. My self employment is all but dried up. I just need about 10-15k a year.

Wonder if I should apply....

I'm going for a job interview for the first time in ages tomorrow afternoon at 5:15. Now that my mother is gone and I don't need to be available for emergencies I can afford to get out and earn a little extra. Just 4 to 6 hours 4 nights per week cleaning store in a mall.

It will help supplement what I'm making here. http://www.taylorthorntonphotography.com/#!/page/491106/home
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« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2017, 01:34:36 am »
I bet they'd turn me down if during the interview process they asked:

"How do you plan on dealing with some of the horrific things you may see?"

...and I replied...

"Well, I'm a Christian and through prayer..."

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« Reply #18 on: May 09, 2017, 01:43:16 am »
Why do I have the inclining that the dudes from "Pineapple Express" would be totally up for this gig.
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« Reply #19 on: May 09, 2017, 04:28:16 am »
Why do I have the inclining that the dudes from "Pineapple Express" would be totally up for this gig.


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