Unpaid #social #media moderators perform #labor worth $3.4 million a year on #Reddit alone
source: https://techxplore.com/news/2022-06-unpaid-social-media-moderators-labor.html
The social networking platform Reddit relies on #volunteer moderators to prevent the site from being overrun by problematic content—including hate speech—and ensure that it remains appealing for users. Though uncompensated, this labor is highly valuable to the #company: According to a pair of new studies led by Northwestern University computer scientists, it's worth at minimum $3.4 million per year, which is equivalent to 2.8% of Reddit's 2019 revenue.
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