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The Hell Known As Internet Screening Services
circletimessquare writes "Do you think your job is bad? Some websites outsource their moderation to firms where every work day, all work day, workers do nothing but sift through depravity after depravity. '"You have 20-year-old kids who get hired to do content review, and who get excited because they think they are going to see adult porn," said Hemanshu Nigam, the former chief security officer at MySpace. "They have no idea that some of the despicable and illegal images they will see can haunt them for the rest of their lives."' Some places only do year-long contracts, and have counseling services and staff psychologists, because of the psychological issues caused by this kind of work. One psychologist 'reached some unsettling conclusions in her interviews with content moderators. She said they were likely to become depressed or angry, have trouble forming relationships and suffer from decreased sexual appetites. Small percentages said they had reacted to unpleasant images by vomiting or crying. "The images interfere with their thinking processes. It messes up the way you react to your partner," Ms. Laperal said. "If you work with garbage, you will get dirty."'"
Being forced to look at kiddie porn as part of your job could really mess you up. ...
By that do you mean you might have to admit to yourself that you're a pedophile?
So where do you work where coming in with visible bruises regularily is genuinely accepted and not questioned?
Linden Lab
I didn't say they were in *visible* places, mind you. I wouldn't especially worry about it if they were, though. I semi-regularly do show up to work in outfits I would also show up to my local goth club in.
Even consentual abuse is not exactly healthy and could be disturbing to some people.
I'll decide for myself what constitutes 'abuse' and 'healthy', thank you very much.