I really wish more people acknowledged that content moderation—whether here in the #fedi or on a corporate social network like #Bluesky—is service work that requires individuals to be exposed to terrible, terrible things. The people performing content moderation are providing care work for society and deserve to be compensated accordingly, but rarely are.

If your experience online is mostly free from racism, abuse, and other forms of violent or extreme content, there's a good chance that it's because someone, somewhere, filtered it out for you.