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I wouldn't, because that would be horrible...

H8crilA 7y ago
How much would you pay your house cleaner? 100k a year? Do you tip $100 USD in restaurants so that waiters can enjoy similar effective salary?
- reactorofr 7y ago
  I would if I could, absolutely.
  - csallen 7y ago
    What's stopping you from giving high percentages of your income/wealth away to those less fortunate than you right now?
    - amanaplanacanal 7y ago
      Wait, how do you know they don't?
      - csallen 7y ago
        To my eye, "I would if I could" implies "I don't because I can't."
- lagg 7y ago
  If I had the fuck-you levels of money facebook does I'd switch you and your house cleaner's salary, hire a PI to follow you and figure out which waiter or clerk hates you the most (you know there's at least one) and give them $3.5 million in front of you. Simply because the most powerful and hilarious usage of fuck-you money is punching up in such a manner. And making someone's life better at the expense of someone that thinks like you do on top is a cherry on the most flavorful sorbet. What I'm saying is you're a diiiiiiiick Edit: I was so taken aback by the dickery I forgot my closing point and I guess this shit isn't obvious to some people: There's little reason whatsoever beyond personal insecurity to not want someone to make as much as possible. But many reasons to not want them to make as little as possible. If you can get away with either - like facebook can at this point, I really feel like - why the hell would you do the latter. I'm aware of the practical issues with incentives with this for example, but you already derailed the thread into dumb anyway so what's it matter.
- flatline 7y ago
  Neither of those require years of education and training.
  - wernercd 7y ago
    Content Moderators requires years of education and training? The original poster made two categories: Engineers and Moderators. Engineers? Definitely years of training and education... Moderators? What education is required to say "Does this post break community standards? (Check yes/no)"
    - fesoliveira 7y ago
      >Content Moderators requires years of education and training? It doesn't, but the potential trauma and psychological damage they might get from this kind of work should put it in the "high risk, high reward" category. I would never do a job like that knowing it could scar me for life unless the rewards were fantastic in that moment. And I believe that most people, knowing what this job entails, would say the same thing. The way the article puts it, these moderation companies are looking for whoever they can to fill the chairs in order to meet their quotas, offering a seemingly larger paycheck for what they advertise as an easy job. They literally mislead people so they accept this job, and when the hired person finds out what it is really about, they are likely to be dependent on that income and can't leave the job. And as time goes, they get more and more damaged, to the point that the company eventually fires them, and they are left with no money, no psychological help and traumatized for who knows how long.
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    Does being a Facebook moderator?
    - flatline 7y ago
      The comment was in regards to paying Engineers $30k/yr.
- memmcgee 7y ago
  Neither of those include massive mental trauma.
  - geodel 7y ago
    More likely none of trauma they suffer is being pursued and reported by media.
rayvd 7y ago
If they were willing to work for that wage, why wouldn't you allow them to? Why would you favor an opportunity for someone pricing themselves higher?
- deleted 7y ago
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How much would you pay your house cleaner? 100k a year? Do you tip $100 USD in restaurants so that waiters can enjoy similar effective salary?

reactorofr 7y ago
I would if I could, absolutely.
- csallen 7y ago
  What's stopping you from giving high percentages of your income/wealth away to those less fortunate than you right now?
  - amanaplanacanal 7y ago
    Wait, how do you know they don't?
    - csallen 7y ago
      To my eye, "I would if I could" implies "I don't because I can't."
lagg 7y ago
If I had the fuck-you levels of money facebook does I'd switch you and your house cleaner's salary, hire a PI to follow you and figure out which waiter or clerk hates you the most (you know there's at least one) and give them $3.5 million in front of you. Simply because the most powerful and hilarious usage of fuck-you money is punching up in such a manner. And making someone's life better at the expense of someone that thinks like you do on top is a cherry on the most flavorful sorbet. What I'm saying is you're a diiiiiiiick Edit: I was so taken aback by the dickery I forgot my closing point and I guess this shit isn't obvious to some people: There's little reason whatsoever beyond personal insecurity to not want someone to make as much as possible. But many reasons to not want them to make as little as possible. If you can get away with either - like facebook can at this point, I really feel like - why the hell would you do the latter. I'm aware of the practical issues with incentives with this for example, but you already derailed the thread into dumb anyway so what's it matter.
flatline 7y ago
Neither of those require years of education and training.
- wernercd 7y ago
  Content Moderators requires years of education and training? The original poster made two categories: Engineers and Moderators. Engineers? Definitely years of training and education... Moderators? What education is required to say "Does this post break community standards? (Check yes/no)"
  - fesoliveira 7y ago
    >Content Moderators requires years of education and training? It doesn't, but the potential trauma and psychological damage they might get from this kind of work should put it in the "high risk, high reward" category. I would never do a job like that knowing it could scar me for life unless the rewards were fantastic in that moment. And I believe that most people, knowing what this job entails, would say the same thing. The way the article puts it, these moderation companies are looking for whoever they can to fill the chairs in order to meet their quotas, offering a seemingly larger paycheck for what they advertise as an easy job. They literally mislead people so they accept this job, and when the hired person finds out what it is really about, they are likely to be dependent on that income and can't leave the job. And as time goes, they get more and more damaged, to the point that the company eventually fires them, and they are left with no money, no psychological help and traumatized for who knows how long.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  Does being a Facebook moderator?
  - flatline 7y ago
    The comment was in regards to paying Engineers $30k/yr.
memmcgee 7y ago
Neither of those include massive mental trauma.
- geodel 7y ago
  More likely none of trauma they suffer is being pursued and reported by media.

rayvd 7y ago

If they were willing to work for that wage, why wouldn't you allow them to? Why would you favor an opportunity for someone pricing themselves higher?

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