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OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour: Exclusive | Time

time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/

OpenAI used outsourced workers in Kenya earning less than $2 per hour to scrub toxicity from ChatGPT. Here's what to know.

• ethics, tag
• labelling, tag
• labour, tag
• ai, tag
• chatgpt, tag
• moderation, tag
• ·1 year ago

Holden Shearer on Twitter: "Here's an idea to carry into 2020: You cannot create or curate a community where everyone is welcome. It's an incoherent, fake goal. It sounds nice but it is categorically impossible. Some people, by their very presence, make a

twitter.com/HoldenShearer/status/1212727688085090305

• thread, tag
• community_building, tag
• fallacies, tag
• moderation, tag
• conflict, tag
• rules, tag
• bigotry, tag
• ·2 years ago

Anti-vaccine groups changing into 'dance parties' on Facebook to avoid detection

nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna1480

• social_media, tag
• moderation, tag
• conspiracy_theory, tag
• ·3 years ago

Is content moderation a dead end? — Benedict Evans

ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2021/4/13/is-content-moderation-a-dead-end

Facebook struggles with harmful content just as Microsoft struggled with malware 20 years ago. Content moderation is the new virus scanning. But virus scanning wasn’t the answer - instead we changed the whole model, moving to mobile and the cloud, and leaving Microsoft behind. So do we change the social model as well, or is this Gin Lane?

• social_media, tag
• content, tag
• moderation, tag
• critique, tag
• model, tag
• ·3 years ago

The Virtues of Moderation - James Grimmelmann

james.grimmelmann.net/files/articles/virtues-of-moderation.pdf

• learning, tag
• community, tag
• moderation, tag
• research, tag
• filetype:pdf, tag
• ·4 years ago

If your website's full of assholes, it's your fault

anildash.com/2011/07/20/if_your_websites_full_of_assholes_its_your_fault-2/

• community, tag
• moderation, tag
• technology, tag
• content, tag
• users, tag
• comments, tag
• ·5 years ago

The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America - The Verge

theverge.com/2019/2/25/18229714/cognizant-facebook-content-moderator-interviews-trauma-working-conditions-arizona

In a damning new report, Casey Newton gives an unprecedented look at the day-to-day lives of Facebook moderators in America. His interviews with twelve current and former employees of Cognizant in Arizona reveal a workplace perpetually teetering on the brink of chaos.

• facebook, tag
• mental_health, tag
• moderation, tag
• labour, tag
• practices, tag
• trauma, tag
• work, tag
• social_media, tag
• censorship, tag
• ·5 years ago