Moderators protect us from the worst of the internet. That comes at huge personal cost
theconversation.com
Internal data from the ABC show the harmful content moderators are exposed to weekly, sometimes even daily. But the organisation’s response is one many others can learn from.
  • krafty@feddit.onlineEnglish
    53·
    16 days ago

    I was a moderator on a web forum many years ago. I also had my own forums for a while. Some of the stuff that people would post probably scarred me for life. It was a time when things like rotten.com and goatse were popular. I can only imagine what it’s like now on a big web site like reddit where they probably have a lot more traffic.

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      32·
      16 days ago

      Right there with you. I moderated on Gaia Online back in the day, and every now and then someone would get their jollies off by posting gore and CSAM. And of course, the mod team would have to clean it up because that’s what they do.

      I actually had a better time modding on Reddit. At least no one posted CSAM once a month.

      Though Reddit is the place I ended up modding a video that fucked me up for a little while…

        • sfxrlz@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          15 days ago

          Im afraid to ask but also don’t wanna look it up. What’s happened to the mister‘s hands ?

          • T156@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            14 days ago

            For a direct answer, he had penetrative intercourse with a horse (receiving). Surprisingly, he survived the attempt, but perished from complications.

            • db2@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              11 days ago

              He didn’t survive long. The video has a sound like a big piece of velcro getting opened… it wasn’t velcro.

              • T156@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                14 days ago

                That was his name. Plus, unexpectedly being exposed to that kind of content does leave an impact, more often than not.