| Yes. Them seeing “worse” is semantics if the outcomes are the same. > it's easy stuff compared to anything in the real world. This is the real world, with real videos of rape, torture, violence, etc. that are moderated. It’s demeaning to say it doesn’t have an implication on the health of humans that perform the job. > BTW "negatively affected" is such a cowardly way of putting it. What does that mean? This HN so let’s speak with some context. Butchers can have
serious psychological distress like somatization, anxiety, depression, anger-hostility, burnout, and psychotism [1] [2]. Doctors can also experience the same issues [5]. I believe we should constructive replies that use information from the original article and current research that show content moderators face similar outcomes that do negatively affect them [3] [4] just like butchers, plumbers, janitors, cops and healthcare workers. This should be addressed for any job this happens in. [1]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28506017/ [2]: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269813255_Psycholog... [3]: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3411764.3445092 [4]: https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/content-moderators-pay-a-p... [5]: https://news.usc.edu/179383/stress-doctors-emergency-room-er... |