we get the moderators we think we deserve

To say that today’s internet is a digital wild west would be a disservice to the wild west — since at least they worked out a pretty dependable communication system based on ponies??? — but I always find it interesting af to read about people whose jobs it is to attempt to keep some semblance of order.

The latest in this canon: this NY mag piece on the life & times of being an OKCupid moderator. Tl;dr, guarding over people’s weirdass love lives involves some messy ethical fuckery.

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