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Re:XCheck at Meta: Why it exists and how it works by IncRnd on Sunday October 16, 2022 @10:33PM (#33229312)
In most newspapers there has been a section for letters to the editor. Those sections are moderated by editors. That is the reference, not some situation of random readers somehow publishing material, by posing as journalists on the newspaper's staff.

An updated version of that is the comments section for online stories.

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Re:XCheck at Meta: Why it exists and how it works by nl on Monday October 17, 2022 @12:40AM (#33229863)
Facebook etc already pays large amounts for their moderation army: https://www.wired.com/2014/10/content-moderation/ (unclear if the OP knew this or was ignoring it for some reason).

XCheck isn't really about content moderation, it is about special security for specific people and how that interacts with posting.

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Re:XCheck at Meta: Why it exists and how it works by trasz on Monday October 17, 2022 @03:10AM (#33230597)
Facebook pays a _very_ tiny amounts for their moderation team, compared to the number of users.

XCheck is all about content moderation, in particular about saving work (ie money) on content moderation.

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Re:XCheck at Meta: Why it exists and how it works by IncRnd on Monday October 17, 2022 @06:14AM (#33231613)
> Facebook etc already pays large amounts for their moderation army: https://www.wired.com/2014/10/content-moderation/ (unclear if the OP knew this or was ignoring it for some reason).

The article you linked doesn't say how much fb pays for their moderation. It doesn't say how many people are in their "moderation army". Nor does it say anything current. That article was written 8 years ago.

> XCheck isn't really about content moderation, it is about special security for specific people and how that interacts with posting.

According to the description, xcheck is all about content moderation - it chooses when not to moderate content.

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