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  1. Sometimes I think about the people who watch real-life violence for hours on end so they can block it and lessen the risk that the rest of us see it. I think about what this type of job does to a person. And just *thinking* about that breaks me.
    1. …in reply to @axbom
      This article left me gasping for air... you likely don't want to read it. But I also believe more awareness is what it will take for things to change. theverge.com/2019/6/19/18681845/facebook-moderator-interviews-video-trauma-ptsd-cognizant-tampa
      1. …in reply to @axbom
        Three moderators who spoke Monday "emphasized how outsourcing moderation undermines Facebook’s ability to improve its own rules and systems". onezero.medium.com/facebooks-contracted-moderators-say-they-re-paid-to-follow-orders-not-think-40331991c6ee