Moderators as Full-Time Employees? What a Visionary Idea You've Invented June 9, 2020 1:42 PM Subscribe
The new hotness in tech: NYU Center for Business and Human Rights says social media giants should have their moderators be full-time employees (PDF).
Gee, what visionary entity might have thought long-ago that the moderators guiding the content of a link-sharing site/community need to be part of that company's future? Ctrl-F, M-E-T-A [content not found].
Gee, what visionary entity might have thought long-ago that the moderators guiding the content of a link-sharing site/community need to be part of that company's future? Ctrl-F, M-E-T-A [content not found].
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Imagine if they let us post images.
posted by lucidium at 2:57 AM on June 10, 2020 [7 favorites]
posted by lucidium at 2:57 AM on June 10, 2020 [7 favorites]
to be clear, my post was mostly a somewhat tongue-in-cheek compliment to Metafilter for already having had a good vision/outlook of the immense job moderators deal with.
Thank you for explaining that, I had no idea that was what you meant.
posted by Too-Ticky at 9:20 AM on June 10, 2020
Thank you for explaining that, I had no idea that was what you meant.
posted by Too-Ticky at 9:20 AM on June 10, 2020
Are mods here paid as independent contractors or as employees? I assumed it was employees now.
posted by needs more cowbell at 10:53 AM on June 10, 2020
posted by needs more cowbell at 10:53 AM on June 10, 2020
It's a mix, that's shifted over time as site revenue's come down and we've moved from having most folks working full-time and going through a payroll firm to more part-time and international employees.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:50 PM on June 10, 2020
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:50 PM on June 10, 2020
Imagine if they let us post images.
I do imagine this, and then I shudder and turn back to what I was doing before that terrible image popped into my mind.
posted by GenjiandProust at 9:33 AM on June 13, 2020
I do imagine this, and then I shudder and turn back to what I was doing before that terrible image popped into my mind.
posted by GenjiandProust at 9:33 AM on June 13, 2020
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posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 1:46 PM on June 9, 2020 [14 favorites]