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[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Having done it for a living for a few months, you cannot possibly imagine how bad it gets.

No, seriously. I already had very little faith in humanity going in, and thought I'd seen the worst the internet had to offer. Scraping the actual bottom of the barrel is difficult to even describe. I had to force a stunned sense of humor about it to detach myself a bit as a coping mechanism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 minute ago

You get paid a living to moderate Lemmy?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It sounds like it might be a good job for sociopaths. Since nearly everything I've read from those who have actually done that moderation is about the effect on them due to their empathy, a lack of natural empathy seems like it would be advantageous.

I wonder if there's been a study on that.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 hours ago

Those folks are too busy being CEOs of the worlds largest companies abusing their workers.