Okay... basically everyone on social media (and plenty of people off social media) have very strong opinions on how content moderation should work. But very few of them have actually *done* content moderation...
So, we thought, what would happen if we... made a content moderation simulator? And let everyone who thinks they know how it works... try out their assumptions.
So... we're excited to launch: Moderator Mayhem (which we've spent the last few months building, in partnership with Engine). A browser-based mobile content moderation simulator game: https://moderatormayhem.engine.is/
For what it's worth many, many, many, trust & safety experts shared their expertise, knowledge, suggestions, etc. in putting this game together, and we're so thankful for all their insight and wisdom. Any of the things we get wrong our entirely our fault...
ALSO: don't forget, at the end there's a social share button that lets you copy a representation of how you did:
I won #ModeratorMayhem on Round 8
Promoted to moderator manager!
Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Total reviews: 158
Safety: ⚖️
Speech: 📣
Achievements: 🥉3️⃣🤖⚽5️⃣🥈8️⃣🗓
Play: https://moderatormayhem.engine.is/
As we note in the game itself, the game does deal with some challenging issues and is not for everyone, but we (obviously) do not directly display problematic content, only describe it generally.
possible bug: there was a review about breastfeeding, I clicked allow, and it popped up a message telling me I made the wrong decision, worded as if I'd actually clicked reject
This reminds me of time (2008-2010) when I worked on Google AdWords customer service team. Manager would review my emails and give me a “quality score”
I won #ModeratorMayhem on Round 8
Promoted to moderator manager!
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐◾️
Total reviews: 110
Safety: 🦺
Speech: 📣
Achievements: 🥉3️⃣🤖5️⃣🥈8️⃣🗓
Play: https://moderatormayhem.engine.is/
Mike, people are neglecting their real jobs by spending all day on Bluesky, and now you’re getting all the Bluesky shirkers to neglect their real jobs by doing a fake job
I put in five rounds for this stinking company and see what it got me…
Must have been that I ignored the retina scan at the coffee machine, not my appalling performance
In what round of the game do US senators falsely accuse you of deliberately sending their campaign emails to spam, forcing you to build a workaround tool that they never end up using?
I lost #ModeratorMayhem on Round 2
I quit!
Rating: ⭐⭐◾️◾️◾️
Total reviews: 21
Safety: ⚖️
Speech: 📣
Play: https://moderatormayhem.engine.is/
I'm too slow for the boss' liking and overthink things (might explain why I stopped moderating message boards in the 2000's)
1- It's fun.
2- The timer is stressing me out.
3. I think I passed Part 1.
4. Can we get a leaderboard?
5. Can I put this as a reference on my resume if I beat the game?
I won #ModeratorMayhem on Round 8
Promoted to moderator manager!
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐◾️
Total reviews: 114
Safety: 🦺
Speech: 📣
Achievements: 🥉3️⃣🗳🤖5️⃣🥈8️⃣🗓
Play: https://moderatormayhem.engine.is/
ngl, this game was stressful, but at least I know I've learned some things over the years.