Inside the traumatic life of a Facebook moderator

[@TheVerge]

Have you worked as a content moderator? We’d like to hear your experiences, especially if you have worked for Google, KZbin, or Twitter. Email Casey Newton at [e-mail], or message him on Twitter @caseynewton.

[@smashley7210]

@@DisplayNameOptional I think some people would rather not talk about it. It'll be better to wait for people that want to talk about it to come forward rather than suggesting people for the verge to reach out to.

[@smashley7210]

@@DisplayNameOptional I'm not saying don't talk to them completely though. But I think you've understood my point of only talking to consenting parties.

[@cwolff]

Poke around Austin, where the contractors (Cognizant, Accenture, etc) have the worst of the worst queues. These FL people only dealt with animals? Not that bad. Because of the content of the queues in ATX, the contractors have to take 2 hours of "free time" per shift and there's a therapist on site. What queues are in ATX? Use your imagination.

[@nookers]

"Sorry"... For crying. The Verge gets views off misery.

[@cosoducdongthanhlieu]

I interviewed for this position once when I was a senior student in university, but they thought I was not suitable :3

[@teemuleppa3347]

facebook should be reporting those fckin animal abusers instead of just removing their videos

[@summydots]

You're right. There should be follow ups.

[@andreacoones1587]

Some of them end up getting charged but those are the ones that go viral and the police are forced to do something about it

[@MightyForSure]

They are charged with the video as evidence, not because something Facebook did. Facebook doesn't care about any other community than their own digital money-machine one..

[@sambrx1169]

Facebook is a business its focus is to make money not to report animal abusers

Facebook should send assassins to these people.

[@ThePeaceoutsuckers]

the fact that they make these people sign a non disclosure agreement means they know what these people are going through and they want to keep them quiet about it...

[@boblandship]

That's why u are not hearing from US. But we exist.

[@infernal..]

@@boblandship you work at FB too ?

[@DerDieDasPanda]

@@infernal.. Anonymous maybe

[@hr2883]

Ashley Nichols no that's a normal thing in contracts it's called an NDA it's completely normal to have it in contracts.

[@CanadianB.O.W]

@@hr2883 She clearly knows what an NDA is, seem to be stating the obvious here. The problem is in this context they are clearly fully aware of the mental impact on the average person who moderates this content and have chosen to keep it hush hush.

[@jiyuu329]

Imagine seeing the worst of humanity for six hours a day.

[@bnluewarthunder3773]

>imagine signing yourself up to do it.

[@spicyyellowpickles7025]

It is a form of torture. It's unethical.

[@pathetic2399]

+Captain Parsnip It would be unethical if they were forced to do it but they aren’t. They have a choice.

[@bronsontaylor6955]

so it's like being a high school teacher then

[@thotslayer6946]

@@spicyyellowpickles7025 except for the fact that, you know, you don't get paid nor do you sign up for torture.

[@seany2754]

The fact that I work overnight at Target as inbound making 16 an hour and these people are paid a dollar less to view the worst things you can possibly see is disgusting.... Facebook not only needs to have onsite trained therapists, but also raise the pay to 20 at the very least.

[@benfrese3573]

20 USD / h to get traumatized? I mean I see what you are trying to say, but that is not even close to compensate them. They need more money, less time on the job per day, intense training (whatever that might look like) and therapists (as you suggested). This should first and foremost be a job for highy trained professionals who earn a lot of money.

[@ggman3798]

@@benfrese3573 Yet $15 USD is still more than in other countries. In Mexico they're paying us $2.50 USD an hour, or $450 USD a month.

[@elizabethomosura7586]

I'm a twitter content moderator and I only get paid 12 dollars a day. Not an hour but a day.

[@RealJustinRoblox]

@@elizabethomosura7586 you should quit, that’s not okay.

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

Man the economy is really in a terrible position.

[@Emma-yi7nv]

It's truly disturbing that we, as humans, can be so cruel to animals and other people.

[@zachbohemian]

and people say this is the best time in human history but actually we just hide the darkness and get dumbed down into happiness and unawareness

[@tankfire20]

When profits are incentivized people will do anything for it

[@justinsetting6564]

@@MinecraftSobber have you heard of the animal holocaust? 70 billion land animals annually killed. Is it okay that in cities we can not even breath from all the smog and sick/poisoned people eating animal products.

[@ultquestionmark6325]

@@zachbohemian Unfortunately i'm sure this happened back in the day as well just as much if not more.

[@MinecraftSobber]

@@justinsetting6564 survival of the fittest. it's not our fault we're the superior species

[@injusticevideos9459]

dude, this guy in plaid... i just wanted to hug him the whole episode and be his friend, no one should have to go through that...

[@sock3963]

same

[@licornemagique7534]

InjusticeVideos same!! That’s what I thought the whole video and then went to the comment section to find a comment like yours ^^

[@ghxxstt5690]

This seems like a decent job, pretty easy

[@thotslayer6946]

@Hanna Belle You need to get a skin. Loads of people ACTUALLY go through trauma. Firefighters Police Officers And (I know I'm being Captain Obvious here) of course, military personnel. "Oh god! Something on a screen!! WAH WAH WAH WAH!" Think about what people who have to actually go through trauma are going through. What about losing your best friend or sibling? Or even worse, they are horribly maimed and dismembered. THAT is real trauma.

[@thotslayer6946]

@@ghxxstt5690 less than 30000 a year though. If you could do it as a teen or in college it would be nice though for easy extra cash.

[@epicderp6167]

*records animal abuse* FB: it's in Spanish. How do you know what is going on? 🤔

[@foxayfox]

I don’t get how it being Spanish was relevant. A lot of people are bilingual or have a basic understanding of Spanish. So if I’m a moderator and my first language is English but I still understand what they’re saying in Spanish how does that work? I still can’t take it down? Confusing.

[@Liquid_Mike]

Probably afraid it was some local tradition and didn't want to appear intolerant.. they are woke, after all

[@citrusblast4372]

@@foxayfox most people that are bilingual learn ENGLISH.

[@Citrusfears]

Animal abusers: kills an animal FB: no habla Español

[@annalecroix305]

Epic Derp cuz ppl can speak more than one language. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@andrewyang1993]

When NSFW means nothing in their job.

[@NewChannelSwitch]

Why would NSFW mean anything anywhere? ☠ That's nothing compared to what they're talking about in this video

[@Riblungz]

Not Safe For Life

[@maazkalim]

Great pun! BTW.. *NOTE:* “Moderators” herein refers to employees, many of them are so-called "iNdEpEnDeNt contractors" based on the virtue of their employment by the B2B solution-providing companies bka BPOs, _viz_ Cognizant® in this case. “Policies” in this case refers to mostly the Facebook's “Community Standards” and other relevant “Terms of Service” and “Terms of Use” clauses not covered by it.

[@sabbath2112]

seeing an occasional animal abuse shakes me to the core, i cannot even comprehend having to witness this horrible content for SIX HOURS A DAY!

[@fawnieee]

I started bawling as soon as he mentioned the iguana.

[@bugs2814]

You just get used to it

[@fondedits8042]

@@bugs2814 the way they're crying by just bringing it up.. it doesn't seem like they "just get used to it."

[@artunotter6961]

If this actually bothers you and you want to be morally consistent you should probably consider going vegan. These Facebook posts are horrible but they are literally nothing compared to the 56 billion animals every year who's day to day life doesn't look any better than this.

[@curiousone6435]

@@rcarrot2955 Yeah, you are sick. You have no empathy and probably haven't ever met an iguana. It's not a stretch -- almost an insult -- to say an iguana is a more sentient and conscious creature than you are.

[@lah0288]

I work for a child abuse hotline and get to hear about violence, abuse, and neglect of children all day every day. Some of the calls really affect me days later. Secondary trauma is real. I try to do hobbies and workout regularly to keep stress down and kept my mental health in check.

[@sololafolle1808]

Sassy GCE that is the same way I cope with traumatic experiences

[@oliverzanier8202]

Thanks for your work. God bless!

[@cherrydollray]

I can’t imagine having that job i would be thinking a lot about every child and every call thank you for your work

[@evilsharkey8954]

I thought about social workers and others in high trauma fields when I watched the video. The one thing people like you have that these moderators don’t is that at least you do help people! You can save lives! These moderators just had to watch it and have no power to make it better or stop the cruel people.

[@lah0288]

Evil Sharkey yes you are right. My State also provides free therapy for workers and their families so that is good.

[@gijsbrans2338]

Facebook: graphic violence is OK as long as it's animals and it doesn't have a title/captions. Also facebook. Memes bad. *ZUCC*

[@andreacoones1587]

That's absolutely disgusting. That is so wrong that they didn't do anything about it. That makes me so damn mad! It wasn't a dog or puppy so it's fine. 😡

[@shaelinrollman4771]

Maui Caui zucc is a lizard person

[@romajikaiser8450]

Shaelin Rollman zucc=scp-682

[@balarezographics]

"another puppy being skined alive.. WHOA is that a nipple?"

[@Bluemountainpeakside]

>Assaulting, torturing, murdering, spaying and neutering >Fine >Letting an animal penetrate you >Not okay

[@agentboomer6502]

Imagine what the FBI and CIA has seen.

[@feodiente9460]

I agree....they created most of it...😂

[@noonefjdjdu8452]

they both admin facebook

[@randyspaceship]

@@feodiente9460 oh a sick women chokes her baby is the FBI's fault ??

[@feodiente9460]

@@randyspaceship possibly...MK Ultra anyone??

[@randyspaceship]

@@feodiente9460 wasn't that the LSD experiment done by the CIA ? the one that didn't really happen

[@stanthemafia]

I don’t even like what I’m hearing, I can’t imagine watching it

[@this_is_patrick]

@Justin Martone that's some real bruh moment right there lmao.

[@jcdenton6864]

Did you hear what the guy said... "I couldn't believe this is actually reality". What???!!!??? Where have you been living all your life? Yes this is reality, welcome to the real world Neo.

[@lisin4444]

@Justin Martone bruh

[@kz33xtz63]

@@jcdenton6864 Did you hear what this guy comment? lol Not everyone is the same as you. It's like an example of rich kid who would never experience what poor kid experience. You will be surprised people aren't aware of stuff like this even with internet or without internet. Again if you bring up 4chan keep in mind websites is not mainstream where average person goes to.

[@BigTroubleD]

Same. But I believe it. Some people are horrible

[@Trilobita98]

*plays 5 seconds of music* : gets taken down *choking babies* : stays up EDIT: It's about money. The music gets striked for the ad revenue while the babies stay up (no ad revenue). These big companies dont care about anything else

[@nash11392]

I think this is what is happening here. There could be two layers of content moderation: AI and human moderators. Music can be easily and reliably identified via algorithms once registered, so those gets zucced right off the bat and it probably never come across a human moderator at all. User-generated content on the other hand (like these "choking babies" videos) cannot be detected by AI and thus passes through AI filtering and gets served to human moderators, who then have to do the legwork. My guess is once something problematic is deemed to be popping up frequently enough, these too are registered into the "content ID" system so that the AI can filter them, but (also my guess) they couldn't do it to all problematic videos since each one of those costs storage and processing power. But these are just my theory.

[@blankblank219]

@@nash11392 so basically we're better off posting gore than memes....great to know

[@Avi2Nyan]

That's capitalism, babeyyy!!

[@sethvoss1910]

I get money for choking babies actually

[@Lee-One]

Yeah we already know why the music is getting taken down, and it’s really sad too the thing with the babies.

[@miffysayshello]

I always thought reported content went through some AI program or something... Damn

[@TeslaChan]

It would be impossible. AI can't really decipher what it is seeing. It can recognize certain patterns like symmetry in someone's face but that's pretty much the only thing.

[@Denturess]

Yeah. This video is really about all moderators. Bc the internet is a horrific place. Literally all platforms whether it’s Instagram, KZbin, etc have cruel content like this. And someone has to watch and filter through all of it

[@chenwang643]

no now u know why ppl get zucced for minor things, The joke might offend their political or religious Views and Boom, 30 day zucc

[@1977rainDUB]

.....yeah....damn

[@chrisallum9044]

words do. video interpretation isnt there yet i don't think....probably not far off.

[@ahmedmubark7018]

“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes back "

[@yogun1922]

What is this a quote from?

[@REEEPROGRAM]

I like this quote, who's this from

[@djwaltoaram7052]

@@yogun1922 Nietzsche, but this is not what it means.

[@Makamaes1]

​@@yogun1922Nietzsche

[@pureheartx3576]

Facebook aren't paying them near as much as they should.

[@perreban]

Zucc gets millions and millions while his moderators are the ones suffering.

[@imaginarychip4916]

@🎃Chirovitrieri🎃 No

[@pureheartx3576]

@chespokotota wait what?

[@imaginarychip4916]

@chespokotota Wtf???

[@ganaverageyoutubecomment.79]

even if they were paid more, the money can’t take away the pain, suffering, and horrific things they’re seeing and feeling themselves.

[@lukej995]

I think we can all agree the punishment for animal abuse is way to mild.

[@rx6483]

Luke Johnston Punishing “private” animal abuse yet allowing commercial animal abuse would be a paradoxical.

[@katerina6990]

@@rx6483 i know there is commercial abuse but it's nothing like ''private'' animal abuse..what do u mean?

[@rx6483]

katerina k Private animal abuse is private individuals abusing animals and commercial animal abuse is the intuitional source of all animal products including farming and slaughter.

[@lukej995]

@@rx6483 My comment included all animal abuse even if it happens on the moon my man

[@claudeusgothicus6453]

@@lukej995 - I don't think 'we' can 'all' agree considering how difficult it appears to be getting tougher animal abuse legislation enacted

[@conorfurlong]

This is deeply disturbing and shocking. Well done for making this public.

[@CaseyNewton]

Thank you Conor!

[@zaneearldufour]

And it's so brave for these people to speak up 🙏

[@conorfurlong]

Casey Newton 👍 This video is an important public service.

[@conorfurlong]

Zane DuFour Yeah. It’s a huge risk to speak out against a massive company like Facebook and its contractors.

[@chinesesparrows]

The funny thing is creeps in 4chan and 8chan post this kind of stuff for fun citing "free speech". Theres just stuff too vile that shouldnt be shared

[@xavierjohnson7796]

I also worked at Facebook, I was one of the first training class on the floor. This was the most traumatizing experience I have ever had and it changed my life and effected me to this day, traumatically.

[@Pianock.]

I'm so sorry about that

[@Frankishsaxon89]

So sick people can post videos of animal abuse. But I get banned for memes.

[@notjin2109]

A lot of times memes that get banned are racist are offensive to other groups. Love how we care about animals but won’t give two shits for racism in the guise of memes

[@summydots]

I got banned on Twitter by just joining it. Nah, I didn't voilate any terms.. I hadn't even done much of anything. Well, it wasn't really Twitter but my twisted family phishing me.. Because they don't want me on any social media or to have IDs. Basically I shouldn't exist

[@noahleach7690]

@@notjin2109 No one got hurt to create racist memes, that's why, how is this not obvious.

[@arthiramaswamy4655]

@Tony Lewis Animal abuse is way more serious than promoting racism in the form of memes, but the subjects of both actions are dangerous to individuals and society. Racism should not be protected speech and animal abusers should be put in prison.

[@jeremiahnji6]

Right

[@ScarrVett]

*Sometimes knowing more only makes you miserable* *Ignorance is bliss*

[@wyldegi]

ScarrVett *wOw i cAN BolD toO*

[@jaclyneagle6210]

@@wyldegi but will you graduate from highschool?

[@ScarrVett]

Jackie Eagle oof

[@em2106]

ScarrVett knowledge isn’t bad

[@mrlloydval2887]

but knowing less makes you powerless. not knowing about any problems means that you cannot acknowledge any problems, solve any problems, adapt to any problems, etc. it is the ultimate vulnerability.

[@oglingling]

Thank you for bringing awareness to these silent victims.

[@artturieramaa5575]

victims? is this a joke

[@UrBaNMCPaladinZ]

@@artturieramaa5575 Honestly, does she look intelligent to ya

[@lbpdluis]

victims of what ? they choose to do this work, they know what they need to do and they are being paid for that

[@nasto19nj]

We are aware now. That did so much. "Thoughts and prayers"

[@chillaxer8273]

Victims of silencing free speech

[@gammamarino8487]

"I still think about animals" this hurt me most. I feel unprotected. I still lost my hope in humanity.

[@gasher70]

This is a job where if AI did the job EXTREMELY well, I would not mind AI Automation taking those jobs.

[@kody4819]

AI cant detect dead babies

[@necromancer6405]

@@kody4819 Incorrect.

[@kimecosx]

Freedom of speech would be denied more than it already is. Not really sure if that’s a fair trade off.

[@danieljoseph6404]

Think about the people who would have to train the AIs.

[@melanigaich]

AI needs data to learn.. to become inteligent. Moderators teach AI... thats the algorithm.. the AI. Data have to be summited by someone, examples of what to censsor. they are teaching the AI

[@leebee446]

Zuckerberg should do a full week shift of 'content-moderation'

[@urania3652]

Yes!

[@gladberbites4005]

Like the boss undercover so he will see what's happening inside

[@derWein]

he isn't a human so he won't care

[@josh-rz3uq]

He's an android so it wouldn't do anything to him.

[@Salongsberusad]

Levin 😂

[@MrRandom26]

This isn't about Facebook, this is an exposé of real human behavior

[@Dacronhai]

Ivan Ooze Although that may be a generalization, I pretty much agree.

[@muammarhafiz2617]

Agree.

[@noalorenzetti4592]

There will always be bad and good human behavior. Literally until the end of time. It’s always been that way. The only difference is NOW we are able to see it all because of how technologically advanced we are and we aren’t used to that as a society/species. These people need the proper mental care and Facebook needs to be held accountable.

[@jaydenyon8013]

Nellie bly

[@angelmurchison1731]

@Kedrick Amphlet nope. facebook is just a reflection.

[@fakeaccount829]

I'm not a Facebook moderator but sadly I know how they feel. I've recently become part of a large effort of people from all over the world in a mix of Discord and Instagram whose main goal is to investigate and take down animal abusers. We managed to get one site down and another one is being investigated. All of us are doing this for free and it forces us to watch these animal abuse videos all the time as we're gathering evidence we need screenshots a various parts. Anyway I understand how mentally anguishing this can be and I myself am probably going to stop doing it after the two websites that I'm currently working on. I also understand how little the Facebook corporation cares about it in general because this all started from Instagram and all the reports of animal abuse we filed many of which came back stating "this does not violate our policies" as you know Instagram is owned by Facebook.

[@sk8erjsmash]

Yo i love this. How can i join the cause?

[@yara_aaaaaa]

i wanna thank you for doing such a sad job just for the community. seriously thank you! you have my respect:)

[@cipmaster1]

Could you describe, only if you can, what kind of things did they post, and if they were pages dedicated to that or part of larger dark stuff websites? I would love to join the cause but I don't think I'd have the guts to bear it

[@Ali-lm7uw]

Hey, tell us how we can join and help the cause

[@starlite6274]

11:00 playing with body waste is a common sign of harsh mental trauma

[@annouk541]

Playing with what?

[@bonbonvrock84]

@@crypticcorvid meant

[@shaunmasi2185]

That Wikileaks guy also did the same thing. I see the link.

[@sapphireblanche7823]

Ya I saw kids doing this when I was in juvenile jail.

[@leeloo324]

Yeah inmates do it

[@gunzlingerbil]

Cognizant sounds like a company from Black Mirror wtf

[@ushackers]

They are. They have clients like Google Adwords, Facebook Ads, etc. They fire people They have shitty work ethics.

[@GaneshShanmugasundaram]

Used to work there.

[@ArunSDass]

I think they are an Indian tech.

[@NishaSharma-fy1qb]

You know in India, people who are IT graduates, and even otherwise, it is a well known job provider. People go all gaga over it

[@markivey4186]

^ I'm getting that "Black Mirror" vibe more and more these days..

[@skippersthepenguin3591]

Facebook keeping up videos of an iguana being smashed to pieces while youtube demonitizes people who say the F word

[@VictorySchlund]

KZbin's doing right

[@messi-ahh420]

I'm gonna say the N word

[@luci7797]

No

[@78anurag]

@@messi-ahh420 Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[@qwertyki9367]

@@VictorySchlund no

[@j4015]

My sister used to be a content moderator for Twitter and oh, the horrors she's seen from what she's told me from watching a video of people playing with their feces and eating them to a video of a terrorist group beheading a person. Absolute horror. The sad thing is, they don't get paid enough especially here in the Philippines where these companies give jobs like this to BPO's and we only get paid measly $500 a month and they don't get enough benefits, like this person, they didn't have trained psychiatrists to talk to about what they have to deal with everyday.

[@Who-Dunnit]

Right off the bat without watching the video, I can only imagine this has to be one of the most aggravating, possibly sickening, and thankless jobs ever.

[@atartup]

Who Dunnit amen

[@artunotter6961]

Try being a slaughterhouse worker

[@wannabehistorian371]

@Justin Y. Justin, in the replies?

[@atartup]

Artun Otter that would be way better

[@bl0bf1sh50]

Ever heard of a hitman

[@twylacastaneda7117]

i dont think even an A.I. would have 98% accuracy!!

[@didel2792]

they definitely don't!! i can't even count the amount of times i've reported these types of videos on instagram and they stayed up, while my content which doesn't break guidelines is down all the time!!

[@Valhalla43]

Yeah it could... it could have 99.999% accuracy with enough data, computation power, and heavily trained neural network models.

[@bums009]

@@Valhalla43 You know what he meant lol. AI cannot yet come close to that number at this current time.

[@Valhalla43]

@@bums009 you're right, he was right. I was being hyperbolic. The best neural network models can make successfully categorize complex videos at rates of around 96%. We're getting there, though.

[@ElectricityTaster]

@@Valhalla43 Ooh don't worry about having enough data. We have enough cruelty to feed the data required to bring the accuracy to at least 99.9999%

[@ElectricityTaster]

Facebook's response: _"we'll get back to you later."_

[@-niyi]

@Agt.BADASS I would, regardless of their personal situation, they have a job they need too do

[@taseerkhalid9659]

I'd just like to say Thank you so much to every content moderator out there.

[@Soluchi-InfiniteCoCreatorGod]

These moderators must suffer a great deal of PTSD. I actually respect them a lot more for the work they do.

[@identical.]

That's not PTSD

[@lt3381]

@@identical. it is ptsd. They are diagnosed with ptsd.

[@cp25170funnyguy]

@@lt3381 man you are so stupid

[@anthonynaffa5147]

@@lt3381 not all of them lmao

[@Jay-nr1pz]

Understand that people are animals.

[@McDoodle44]

*There's actually a whole documentary on this topic, called "The Cleaners".* This work is mainly done by people in the Philippines. I'd argue that they're the first 'filter' in the process and much less paid than their American counterparts. Poor and traumatized, just so that we have an impression that of a clean platform.

[@absolute062]

Honestly isn't a problem with Facebook, but people being absolutely evil and cruel

[@avonbavoon197]

Interesting, could you put the link here?

[@reolacarlos2374]

I've seen this months ago. Watching this verge video really made me recall of The Cleaners.

[@kirksander]

PH is the Social Media capital of the world. They have 50-60% of them.

[@Carewolf]

@@absolute062 Well that around 5% of people are psychopath or sociopaths.. and 5% of a billion people is a lot.

[@Aduskett]

“It’s a toxic environment “ pretty much sums up Facebook.

[@NickHunter]

The "toxic environment" isn't within Facebook, it's the companies that Facebook outsources the work to.

[@Tony-to9ui]

Cognizant is a toxic environment. I work for them here in the US.

[@AndrewHadi07]

Did you watch the video..? What you think content moderator only exist ini Facebook?

[@ArnoldEwin]

@@neilt1352 Facebook should be responsible for this? I think they even say they do checks and during those checks, the place is scrubbed clean so it's difficult to notice the bad working environment. I feel like this is just scapegoating for Facebook. I mean most big companies do the same thing. Do you know the amount of children working as slaves in Senegal so we could have Chocolate? Or those working in inhumane conditions in Bangladesh just so that we could have nice clothes? This is capitalism I guess it's all about the money

[@꿀벌-x6o]

"Toxic environment" more like every social media platforms.

[@DiefTV]

Wow... I commend everyone working in a field where they have to witness such brutalities. Thank you for your sacrifice to keep us and our children from seeing such violence. I hope you find peace and comfort. You are the light.

[@homeless5019]

And the fun part is, if you up load a vid while there's a song playing in the background it's instantly removed....

[@Kram1032]

I suppose that's the difference between something that actually can easily be automated and something that's really hard to automate...

[@craggolly]

Because algorithms can easily figure out if audio sounds similar to another audio file from a database, but aren't good enough at distinguishing between harmful content and harmless content

[@hailahong3021]

because it's automated.

[@Kram1032]

@@kidicaras2719 an algorithm as specific as looking for pain is a bandaid at best and it's gonna be really hard to filter out examples of pained shouting from other stuff. Also, not all depictions of pain are necessarily against Facebook's (erratically changing) policies. This really is a hard problem. Facebook almost definitely could do more. But no matter how much they commit, it's still gonna take a good while to actually get there.

[@Soprie]

@@kidicaras2719 I think that idea is a start, but think of important videos like protest videos, or police violence. Those are extremely important evidence, that are often targets of police and government censorship. I agree animal and child abuse needs to be taken down, but it is hard because I'd the context of videos.

[@IceRoadTrucker1000]

As a firefighter, you see some things that you cant erase from your mind. Part of what I signed up for. But these people, they've probably have seen just as much if not more. And I feel for them. It truly makes a person sad and horrified, no person should ever see that. Social media explodes with disgusting negativity which may be the downfall of certain pages. Hats off to you!

[@gabrielledennis549]

thanks for serving people as a firefighter

[@calito44]

I think that the main difference is that you as a firefighter you know you are doing your best to help these people out. But these guy are witness of the misery of others without the opptortunity to do something about. I think this is what they shock them more.

[@EpikVizion]

Literally just hearing them talk about made me physically sick, I can't even imagine seeing it. This world is sick.

[@Wolferal]

I wish we could eliminate all of the cruel humans.

[@dreamcore]

𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥

[@Wolferal]

@@dreamcore -- I reported nothing. Either that, or learn to write like the 2nd grade wasn't your final year of school.

[@redsonkr]

Go to /pol/

[@omarmahfouz5599]

Hey

[@coreya1861]

I hope these people find help and peace. It’s so disturbing what they’ve been through and I’m glad they shared their story

[@HandledToaster2]

Mom can I have dark web? "We already have dark web at home" Dark web at home: Facebook

[@KCGabe]

Really laughed out loud at this

[@benjenkins3220]

I guess i'm not intellectual enough because I didn't laugh at all. No movements of my lips. No twitch, smirk, heavy breathing through the nostrils, anything. Like bro am I missing out the joke? Is there a punchline? Or is the punchline that Facebook is equivalent to the dark web (which is an area of internet that contains violent and disturbing content), because if so, I don't get how you guys found that one bit funny.

[@HandledToaster2]

@@benjenkins3220 no the joke is that Facebook is nowhere near dark web content, but unaware people ( _in this case "mom"_ ) may watch this video and think Facebook is as dark as it gets

[@UksiHattu12]

@@HandledToaster2 from what I have heard dark web is suprisingly mild compared to how it's portrayed in the media. there are a lot of conspiracy/cult sites and drug markets.

[@tjmarx]

So apparently AppleToaster doesn't know what the dark web is.

[@horizonanadyomene]

deleting my accounts later today. not like i needed another reason. thank you for this

[@costagauci5719]

horizon that’s silly, the internet needs moderation and it is good that Facebook has to take these steps. Companies will always try to maximise on profit. Unfortunately people will always suffer because of this.

[@AwakenOhSleeperGaming]

Costa Gauci : she’s closing the account and not supporting it because Facebook isn’t doing anything, as was stated in the video.. they aren’t removing videos because they change their policies. Apparently content like that is totally fine with Facebook, I’ve reported things myself and it’s always denied.

[@sweetdreams961]

1 and a half month without fb, never felt better

[@oliver_liew]

The thing is, these things are happening with or without Facebook. Even if you take Facebook away, evil people still do evil things. So deleting your Facebook account doesn't really help. And for the record, I have reported many videos before, and almost all of them were taken down.

[@justsomeguywithprimusapoth5927]

Good for you

[@fatimaahmed5626]

One bathroom in the building? Even schools have more than that

[@brunovidaurre5573]

But they suspend my account because I post information about contraceptives 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@lilalienangel]

Bruno Vidaurre Don't feel to bad. I got completly blacklisted for a screenshot of a news article.

[@HoughStone]

That is exactly the point, while the AI gets tweaked and polished, human moderators need to watch over the bad stuff. You were probably one of those victims to a badly programmed AI.

[@EtoThe1toTheV]

I almost took a job like this, which I suspected was either Google or Facebook, did some research, found out it was traumatic and people were getting PTSD, nevermind

[@timpike1616]

You get ptsd from experiencing violence and trauma like in war or living with abusive people... not from watching animals getting hurt on Facebook

[@ohno7454]

@@timpike1616 are you gatekeeping trauma?

[@swivelkeyring3512]

@@timpike1616 gatekeeping PTSD eh, classic boomer

[@MissElisabelle]

@@timpike1616 You know, it's not always about animals getting hurt. There are videos of children being molested, hurt, beaten, killed, raped by grown ups. You think you are tough, but just imagine watching these videos on a daily basis, for HOURS.

[@sadyoshhours2769]

@@timpike1616 i like how you think youre more qualified to talk about PTSD than the mental health doctor who diagnoses it

[@skyhope5105]

Basically no one even knows they exist. They suffer. They put all facebook mistakes under a rug. It's inhuman. Worst part... facebook doesn't get punished those people who do horrible stuff.

[@lseul8812]

Yes they do, facebooks teams down the queue if applicable will send the videos to appropriate law enforcement. However most of these videos are already investigated and are now just circulating videos

[@cheapskateaquatics7103]

Maybe Facebook shouldn't hire people who are literally softer that room temperature butter....

[@jennali9800]

How are these Facebook's mistakes?

[@justabout6979]

What are you talking about. Facebook is social media. People post things to social media. Sometimes good, sometimes bad. Facebook isn't making these posts they just have to deal with them. If facebook is held accountable for horrible people just existing that would mean all social media platforms are bad and I would hate for them to go away

[@skyhope5105]

@@lseul8812 Im glad to hear about that. Thank you for informing me :)

[@TripleIProductions]

We have many phychopaths and sociopaths in the our societies (people with ASPD) - since they are low on empathy they would be perfect for these jobs.

[@sofiesiebertova2874]

I don't think they could see the line there

[@sofiesiebertova2874]

@Annie ah, that makes sense

[@jasminem812]

they're too busy in jail or being CEOs lol

[@TripleIProductions]

I don't think you know what psychopaths are - you do realize many of them are also doctors right? If they are treated right, and not in a toxic environment they grow up to do well in society. They are not necessarily evil, they just can't feel empathy. They are better suited for doing things us normal humans are too weak to do since it causes emotional disturbance. They cannot feel true sadness or happiness, they just do what's best for themselves and often that involves treating others right (unless they have a good reason not to). Some of them might enjoy these videos, some might not. But if they are being controlled like the people in the video (with the accuracy scores), they can't just approve of the horrible videos. As long as they get paid, it's all good.

[@jasminem812]

@@TripleIProductions if that comment is for me, i do know what psychopaths are, i have a degree in psych lol. I was making a joke.

[@yoskimatik]

"hey eventually we'll have ai , lets just ruin people and scar them for the rest of their life in the meantime. Zuck should have to do this himself.

[@elliot_ps420]

Yeah maybe he should focus on that instead of Meta

[@notscar]

they choose to do that job lol

[@PERCYBIBOL10]

*"When you've seen stuff and cannot unseen it ever again...."* That's the worst kind of experience you could ever experienced in your whole lifetime...

[@andreacoones1587]

There is definitely a lot worse out there but it is hard

[@4amtommy]

ever been to 4chan

[@bnluewarthunder3773]

PERCYBIBOL10 and you know this... how?

[@tacticalbondsh]

I've seen some things, man, and some stuff. I wouldn't recommend it.

[@SANKETBENDBHAR]

That job is necessary but definitely the people who are doing this should get proper renumeration and psychological care

[@borsho9889]

@iTalkData even more imo, if facebook can pay more to the heads, they never have dont this kind of job, thats a fact.

[@emberchord]

and they should be paid properly. You should be appropriately compensated.

[@enskyenskk]

@@borsho9889 There's a reason why companies can pay more to the heads. By keeping entry level jobs like these low in payment.

[@karlaxel7358]

It’s an easy job!

[@ivx8345]

WEAK

[@nileshdwivedi1827]

I wish they directly track them down with their ip address and jail them all, so this wouldn't have happened to these people

[@nihilisticbarbie]

Yeah but they can't have that technology, do you know how easy it would be for Facebook to spy on you in your own house? If they knew all of their users' ip addresses. I do get whst you mean though, but that technology can be misused

[@katerina6990]

@@nihilisticbarbie tbh i don't mind t take that risk, in order to catch these sick people...but actually if fb could track someone i guess they just wouldn't post these things...so this would be for nothing...

[@ravenn2631]

Someone should seriously consider looking up the numbers for as much police stations as they can to make them look into these cases.

[@soukybird9274]

katerina k then that risks regular folk hacking and finishing the address of anyone they please. Could lead to a lot of harm

[@TryNotToLie]

I saw a video of 2 guys being beheaded by chainsaws by the police in a different country after surfing news sites at the age of 8. It shook me up and I still replay that in my mind 10 years later. Being an adult doesn't lessen the horror I saw. I can't imagine seeing stuff like that for 6 hours a day.

[@lilacbubble3589]

I really can’t believe they didn’t ask about their mental health and give them guidance with everything they have to see. And they don’t pay them nearly enough. Absolutely horrifying.

[@mircobohn3501]

Capitalism.

[@ProvenScroll]

@@mircobohn3501 capitalism, based and true

[@blacklungsanji3]

You can’t believe that? As if it’s a big secret that corporations will sacrifice their own employees to ensure profit

[@laurahall7681]

Considering people post videos of themselves murdering children, among other atrocities, I can imagine you'd get some PTSD after seeing that day to day.

[@davidmeer6129]

You’d be surprised how many people don’t develop PTSD from repeatedly viewing content as a moderator.

[@blank888]

@@davidmeer6129 Not really

[@3alaiyer]

@@davidmeer6129 There are no available public statistics about who gets PTSD from content moderating Facebook, where are you getting your information from?

[@cosiiai7287]

@@3alaiyer How do you know that?

[@sabilza]

I'd report cute puppies video to make these people day better

[@FreshSmog]

By increasing their workload?

[@SalubriousVideos]

@@FreshSmog moderator for something here, I don't mind

[@sidharthsunilkumar334]

@@FreshSmog they get paid by the hour. So it doesn't matter.

[@jennacook2505]

We would need fewer people to do this tramitizing work if the algorithm was better at detecting harmful content on its own. Reporting puppies works counter to that.

[@Void-ng8jz]

That barely helps from hundreds of videos they have to endure

[@kaleighfoley]

This is one of the saddest things I've ever seen. I saw a picture of these two people hanging a puppy by its neck for two seconds and I couldn't stop thinking about it for months. These poor people need help.

[@zlane2414]

So what does it feels like to be a moderator for facebook: *Vietnam war flashback*

[@Cadence242]

In 20 years, there will be memorial day and veterans day parades for these people who are haunted by their cubicle jobs.

[@silksoul6388]

Not funny Didn't laugh

[@wuski5805]

Vietnam flashbook

[@A7Xcrazyperson]

Zlane this. 🙌

[@andreacoones1587]

Seriously that wasn't funny .... There are several different things that can cause PTSD or anxiety/depression. This is nothing like war but it's still bad...

[@estradiolvalerate8925]

Remember that one time you saw that really disturbing video that stayed in your mind for a couple of days? Imagine your job is seeing videos like that on a regular basis.

[@blankblank219]

When you get people post blocked for memes that pretty much the only job you deserve

[@chickendinner7486]

I literally sobbed everyday for hours, it shook me to my core. And it was one video. Absolutely disgusting.

[@EMOTIONOGRAPHY]

@@gregpenismith1248 you're a terrible person.

[@sappy.3xe]

@@gregpenismith1248 Yooo relax or you’ll cut yourself on all that edge...

[@grav8455]

@@gregpenismith1248 It only took you 6 words to describe how rotten you are inside.

[@claudiamador290]

I kept skipping some parts because I couldn’t hear these stories. It was too much, damn. Imagine seeing these videos for 6 hours. Thank you for this doing this job and I apologize for humanity’s worst.

[@rani.andretti]

Imagine seeing them once

[@noobplayer6307]

It's clear they sat there on their desks eating pizzas and fries ..

[@pauladenisebesinio8916]

I'm also a moderator for almost 2 years until now. Thankful for my company that giving us counseling twice a week.

[@Ivan.A.Churlyuski]

Do they give you security for all the people you piss off acting like a fascist silencing opinions?

[@xknotalpha4963]

dude when he cried, i legit said I'm sorry to the dude. sorry buddies my heart goes out to you all. HUGS from California.

[@Blacktop_Rabinowitz]

Oh, please

[@redsonkr]

>California Just know every state wants you gone

[@TakiMomoify]

Around a year ago, someone I knew uploaded a video of themselves sexually assaulting a child to Facebook. I only saw 1 second of it, but it was the worst thing I’d ever seen in my life. I can’t imagine having to sit through six hours of that kind of agony, it would completely destroy me.

[@masonthejar8890]

i hope you've healed somewhat and cut all contact with that person and I hope that person rots in hell (:

[@wlrlel]

Did you tell the police?

[@_letstartariot]

Did they think they would get away with it or something?

[@tjt_fan]

SOMEONE YOU KNEW?! THATS EVEN WORSE

[@preetpatel]

Thanks for bringing this to light The Verge. One of the best pieces of journalism

[@qamarpasha2818]

Preet Patel You know they are in india too, they are employers

[@HelamanGile]

lol

[@alexkuiper1115]

Please watch the documentary "The Cleaners"

[@karlaxel7358]

It’s an easy job! I’d be happy to do ut

[@vatu]

You joking? Please tell me this man is joking.

[@꿀-k6c]

everyone's talking about the animal abuse instead of the literal infant abuse?

[@lilbigg3581]

@Obi Dark lmao

[@youcantbeatk7006]

That's because they don't see babies as humans.

[@XeonGame]

You cant beat K yes, OHHH NOO!! LITTLE IGUANA HURT!! like dude, there’s a literal HUMAN BEING STRANGLED OVER HERE

[@curboi3622]

Because for some reason people think animals are more important than humans doesn’t justify any abuse though

[@ihateoreocookies]

Yup. Ridiculous

[@daggabeats6502]

Hire 4channers to moderate the facebook content lmao

[@ClaireWhiteheadIrl]

He said there were people smearing poop on the walls for fun, so sounds like they are already there.

[@dxshawn532]

@@ClaireWhiteheadIrl Lmao that's exactly what I thought lol lol

[@Carewolf]

@@ClaireWhiteheadIrl This is probably where they get their content from

[@lseul8812]

They wouldnt censor the right like facebook wants tho

[@KuroOldAccount]

Who's 4chan?

[@8Bit_Goblin]

I cried just hearing the iguana story, I couldn't imagine having to watch it... and for $15/hour?? Hard pass.

[@lilithstorm7026]

Do you eat meat?

[@violightghost8592]

Lilith Storm Are you gonna do what I think you're gonna do

[@lilithstorm7026]

@@violightghost8592 if you mean point out that everyone is against animal abuse but also pays for animal abuse so they can eat their flesh, eggs and breast milk, yes that's what I'm doing

[@bonbonvrock84]

@@lilithstorm7026 ignorant at its finest

[@Febreezy]

@@lilithstorm7026 Preach

[@Thelastchangeling]

omg when the guy cried I just had a mental breakdown poor guy I hope he's okay Bruh first off ,Jesus this world is toxic And second off yes I do know what a mental breakdown is and yes I did have one, I have multiple mental conditions and one of them being severe depression. I completely knew what that guy felt like because I’ve watched those videos many times before too. I really understood what he felt like and then I remembered all of the videos I (voluntarily) watched. So you can all shut up now. I’m also literally in a mental hospital right now so you commenting that did not help much. Thanks if you read this, but stop hating please , I’m 14 with multiple of disorders DIAGNOSED so you should ask before you comment something rude. And yes I am allowed to use my phone at my mental hospital

[@dsmarvitor]

Huh

[@adaharrisonn]

You had a mental breakdown?

[@HyukBurgersTV]

A mental breakdown over a guy crying... Jesus Christ

[@latefordinner4513]

Something tells me you haven't experienced real life yet

[@m1lfgasm]

...Sure. Of course you did

[@tryna2117]

Perfect job for a sociopath they wont be affected

[@TELEVISIBLE]

Why people use facebook is beyond me .

[@JR127]

some ppl are just kinda stuck with it, i myself included bc so many of the external logins i would use fb and also some of the important groups that i needed to follow on fb isn't available outside of it.

[@yoitsniam]

Ichini Shichi If you watch WWDC19 you would know that Apple is coming out with their Sign-in with Apple, no more of those pesky insecure Sign in w/ Facebook or Google logins.

[@hailahong3021]

other companies suffer the same issue too. even KZbin which you're using.

[@erriezzanslounge1380]

because it's good comparing to other social apps.

[@BernardBrunu1]

Same reason ur on KZbin

[@tripjj8662]

Facebook google and amazon put theses facilities in low income areas and take advantage of these people

[@arnavrawat9864]

They need that 98% because it's the training data set for the ai.

[@SuperJoePardo]

So they can replace those jobs.

[@vinno97]

In this case I'd say that's a good thing. The more content that AI can filter out, the less content that these people have to sit through

[@hanniballecter4283]

@@SuperJoePardo This is probably something that should be replaced though.

[@breahbrejay1247]

I'm not even a Facebook moderator and i remember there was a video going around with these men in Guatemala who were killing their wives on live for cheating on them. i saw this about 3 years ago and I'm still traumatized by it.

[@itsrewindtime5994]

3:00 why did it just randomly cut to a drawing a shrek on their fridge? 💀

[@jane.slaughter]

itS rEwINd tIme rightt💀

[@grittygoddess]

CximinvlDvmvge lol

[@loon7181]

@CximinvlDvmvge that's rude

[@asheryusto8902]

@Kenneth Shrek is love, Shrek is life

[@Uminental]

itS rEwINd tIme *Shrek* is a certified stress reliever.

[@HaydenEvans]

This is perhaps some of the most important reporting that The Verge has done. Excellent journalism here.

[@sebastianewert]

Hayden Evans i totally agree! 👍

[@alphonsusho8962]

Agree, it helps naive people, be realistic of what humans are. The only fault Facebook is at is the treatment as well as work environment of the moderators. However, the whole point of those moderators is to prevent regular people from seeing those videos and image. All those videos and images are found on the dark web, which is just a click and a account away. All the stuff on the dark web can easily be transferred to the regular web.

[@grackshack]

I’m about to just post some nice stuff and report it to give them a break at least for a second

[@katerina6990]

nice thought

[@OhManAFatRabbit]

good idea

[@archiehadfield7436]

Good idea

[@heatherlouise814]

they only see reported stuff so i dont think thats going to help much

[@carolyn2546]

heather louise he said... he would post it... and then report it......

[@Meta4ce]

They need to hire old message board trolls/moderators for this. Trolls for "testing" purposes. Old mods because they know how to deal with 1-5-10 year long troll personalities, and every technique/style known.

[@lilymartin5764]

These poor people. They should have help, be well paid and looked after.

[@nikitasherbakov1075]

or they should quit

[@bubblegumplastic]

@@nikitasherbakov1075 then who will do the job? We need trained and looked after people.

[@espartajodesastroso7892]

@@bubblegumplastic i will for half that money

[@mattkraig]

I just started as a social media moderator at my company and this popped up in my feed. Turns out I live in the same area as the guy interviewed and almost got a job at his former company. Thank god, I dodged that bullet.

[@Kobayashi360]

Matt K. Did you? Is it better where you work?

[@MMPablo]

in what social network?

[@mattkraig]

@@Kobayashi360 Yeah, I don't moderate reported content for Facebook itself, I work at corporate for a retail medicinal company and simply moderate daily posts from our franchises, help out the boomers with how to use Facebook, etc.

[@barlosxantana734]

Stop flexing let me get a job doe

[@mattkraig]

@@barlosxantana734 I make $10 an hour... not flexing, lol

[@1995palika]

I remember going to an interview for this.. the job description was so much better than what was said to us in the interview.. literally walked out. They're outsourcing this work nowadays..

[@geinikan1kan]

You cannot unsee something. That's what gets a person. Once you see something disturbing, that affect your own body it is so aweful, you can never unsee that thing for the rest of your life.

[@wophie8979]

i apologize on behalf of all teenagers for the iguana

[@XxflyingderpsXx]

wophie me too brother

[@Cerberus03]

wophie Me too. The poor Iguana.

[@azzykamp3003]

Awwww sweetheart... Those demon kids are monsters in the making who will do much more in the future as adults

[@jeR-m]

an apology wouldn't suffice. it's not your place to apologize but I get your feeling a need to, so thank you for that. you must have a good heart. things we do in this life will be judged. much love to those who actually took a moment of their time to at least comment a simple 'me too' . so my turn.. me too. ❤

[@PossumPoobah]

Me too

[@novabalm]

Wow. Bravo Verge. What an insightful piece.

[@ivx8345]

Very much so! Amazing insight in the hearts and minds of people who are living a more prosporous, more sheltered and safer life as any person around the world - as any person in the entire existence of the species. Zero awareness. Just nonstop whining about victimhood.

[@espari58]

How do I apply for this job? I have been browsing on /b/ since I was 14 and theres nothing that can shock me anymore. I have seen it all.

[@Rexxie44]

The stuff described is the average stuff you see on a hour of 4chan.

[@Ravenousyouth]

and people from 4chan go and shoot innocent people and meme about it

[@Leo-fz7kz]

lol don't generalize 4chan like that, just because someone goes to /fa/ to talk about fashion for a bit doesn't mean they're gore loving terrorists

[@Rexxie44]

@@Leo-fz7kz I'm mostly referring to /b/ when I said this. Rekt threads and animal gore threads use to be going on almost all the time before all these kids got on and started pornposting.

[@Ravenousyouth]

@@Leo-fz7kz and what percentage of 4chan users do that lol

[@Rexxie44]

@@Ravenousyouth There's plenty of safe for work boards believe it or not. Recently they even splintered up 4chan to separate safe for work and not safe for work boards.

[@EveSprinkle]

People think this is a wonderful planet to bring innocent children into, but we are oblivious to most of the horrors on this planet

[@erictingsee]

If AI would have emotion and see those moderated videos artificial intelligence might decide to nuke the entire human race.

[@kanamekiyru]

Its been proven again and again with experimental AI eventually gauns emotions. They even have it on youtube witha famous AI i believed named sophie or sonething

[@kanamekiyru]

@@rnindless thats a question i cant answer but theres a famous AI that already wants to find love so she can feel love and have a family. We all know she cant reproduce but thats slight signs of human emotion and if you were to leave it be lets say 5 years then itll been able to pick up our emotions including sadness and anger

[@lorapetron9319]

Agreed

[@ravenn2631]

But realistically, there is no lead on the research to make A.I feel emotions. But I recall seeing a TED talk on A.I potentially detecting emotions. Notice the face recognition software on your phone, tablet or desktop? Yes, that, but with recognizing emotions. If A.I can recognize for example, the anger in some kind of violent abuser’s face while seeing the pain of a victim, that can get automatically banned. I hope the engineers with it can figure it out though. The programs that can identify programs are still in the works. Want to save people from drowning? Have a video camera that can recognize it. Want to find some survivors after an earthquake? Send some flying drones with cameras to look for them. Ultimate possibilities, really.

[@spasticmovements]

Glad i didn't use Facebook, takes out a smartphone with 999 other social apps*

[@dcj991]

Literally though. I stopped using Facebook but now I use Reddit almost as much

[@Volvith]

Social Media addiction is nothing to scoff at. We like to think it's no big deal and it doesn't influence our lives, but in reality, i think that the problem is a lot more severe than most of us are willing to admit.

[@comandernejo]

I only use youtube... still spending too much time with my phone 😂

[@vinsokukan1879]

@@dcj991 VPN....NAHHHHH PROBABLY. NOT. ITS DANGEROUS OUT THERE

[@lauradove]

yap jack 😂😂😂

[@BadHombreDaniel]

3:01 what would be the worst things you'd see? *Shows a drawing of Shrek on fridge*

[@cjnguyen2504]

Don't try to make me laugh, this is supposed to be serious! 😂😂😅😢😭😭

[@tfnvv5469]

It’s not over til it’s ogre

[@lanaslay2163]

XDDXXDXDDXDXXDXX

[@sejcai]

tfnyy Early Contender for Best Comment Award

[@charliemayfilms1550]

she has that drawing to protect her from all the awful things shes seen

[@lolahernandez6871]

I'd rather work in a donut shop and keep my sanity thank you. The world is just disgusting to me.

[@CinePhil101]

Quit Facebook. Don't look back.

[@superdude1534]

best decision of your life, removing social media from your life.

[@CosmicHippopotamus]

superdude1534 Agreed that quitting Facebook was an amazing decision, but KZbin is also a social media site.

[@superdude1534]

@@diskyyksid TBH, youtube is still better then normal tv. so just facebook instagram twitter tbh

[@Aloksheoran]

You won't look back

[@HansCorporations]

It’s not just facebook. Literally everywhere the internet can be used on.

[@yami2114]

give "edgy meme" account admins this job and still see if they can take the edge

[@darkgenie3167]

I honestly have no problem watching these kinds of videos. But watching these stuff 24/7 is another story

[@lincolncurtis1725]

Great idea

[@Arderiele]

@@darkgenie3167 more like 6/5 for 15$/hr

[@zoombae]

E Z

[@hechetonchieres]

Who do you think posts that type of material?

[@lloydsadofsky8411]

mark zuccerberg: we don't allow graphic content on facebook me: hold my iguana

[@Dezbo]

This isn’t funny

[@gnvrleyradicvl8328]

Lol

[@Intrepid151]

Iguanas don't scream. They make raspy hisses when agitated.

[@elitebeing21]

Lol

[@andrewf528]

@@Dezbo Yes it was lmao

[@damienthomas4058]

I really want to share my story working as a content moderator in Texas especially after the shootings recently smh this job does affect you and even if you think it doesn’t it does…I was in denial that I could handle it but the job CHANGED ME

[@Fallingxleaves]

Subjecting people to the depravity of humanity for $15 an hour. I’m so glad I got rid of my Facebook a year ago. Facebook should have to pay for their emotional and mental recovery

[@xavierjohnson7796]

They are paying now

[@SaoirseOF96]

This sounds like one of the hardest jobs ever. To see all that suffering and feel there is nothing you can do to help. There are other difficult jobs where you see a lot of suffering (eg: EMT, Firefighter, veterinarian, social worker) but at least in those jobs you have the feeling that you are helping. This would destroy my soul :(

[@hellomickey6166]

I left facebook and uninstall it forever. because one day, I saw a video in my homepage, there is a man throwing an innocent black dog onto crocodile pool. I was shock, I cried, it haunt me for several months, the picture of that dog stuck inside my mind.. Never come back for facebook..

[@meiko431]

Awww i am really sorry to hear that,but try breathing meditation,on a long run you will see improvments and i send you a warm hug🤗

[@katerina6990]

sorry for the incident, though ok but first of all not knowing is not the solution..i used t do that..avoiding anything that tried t show me animal abuse and stuff but this is not a solution in that way i lived in a bubble and it's weird, u know there is animal abuse but u don't see it, so u don't help either...also if fb was doing a good job on tracking them and stuff it would be really useful..but instead they just take the videos down..that's the sad part.

[@sapphiresushi3437]

I’m really sorry, if you ever need to talk just come back to this comment and we will all help you. I’ve seen some horrifying stuff too and no one deserves that.

[@kadafi4lyf]

The problem isn't Facebook, it's people. People are the problem.

[@user-uh3bs1bl3u]

Lol welcome to the internet? If you havent seen worse you havent been here long