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Re:Unpaid social media moderators perform labor worth at lea... by simmerup on Friday June 24, 2022 @09:25AM (#31861408)
Yet if they were paid they’d probably be found wanting from a professional viewpoint.
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Re:Unpaid social media moderators perform labor worth at lea... by excalibur on Friday June 24, 2022 @09:39AM (#31861616)
If they were paid they could be asked to maintain certain standards as conditions of employment that you can't really expect from a volunteer.
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Re:Unpaid social media moderators perform labor worth at lea... by hnuaer on Friday June 24, 2022 @09:53AM (#31861829)
Exactly, these people are rejects that end up ranting online because no one will listen to them in real life.
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