Comments by "D. R. Stewart" (@drstewart) on "" video.

  1. Hi, sweatshop laborer here. I'll say that this post is basically on the money. Minor quibble with the shortcuts though. It's true that some workers do let things go by clicking carelessly. The check there (with varying efficacy) is that mixed in with the content to be moderated are unidentified tests for the worker doing the moderation. Misidentifying the content too many times gets you dropped because even for the most carelessly outsourced jobs, the contract owner wants that contract to renew. As such, quality issues like false positives/negatives and careless rating are one of the metrics by which workers are judged. The availability of such jobs varies by market. That being said, unrealistic SLAs are absolutely true. Your content is getting skimmed at best, by people with guidelines that are vague, byzantine, or both. The same people moderating your content are also training the AI to moderate your content, with the same hit and miss quality. The answer to this (apart from actual moderation on a platform, heaven forbid) is basically to give a damn if you have third-party moderation. Yes, you can get it done for pennies in a nondescript international backwater. Or you can pay a bit more and aim for higher quality metrics, tools that aren't like a dull knife, and more reasonable SLAs. You get what you pay for.
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