• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    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.

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      10 hours ago

      You need empathy to moderate. What other reason is there to do it? You want to make the community a better place by keeping things civil and on-topic. You also need to be able to level with people about their criticisms and concerns.

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        4 hours ago

        There are varying levels of moderation, and not all moderation is unpaid volunteer like lemmy and reddit. Not all moderation is just morons fighting or porn being posted where it shouldn’t. There are dedicated moderation teams that handle the worst things like child sexual abuse verification and reporting at sites like Facebook, etc. Those are pretty objective based determinations that don’t need to handle moderation criticism or concerns in any way shape or form.

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      22 hours ago

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