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Kayleigh Needs Money. That's Why She Takes A Job As A Content Moderator For A Social Media Platform Whose Name She Isn't Allowed To Mention. Her Job: Reviewing Offensive Videos And Pictures, Rants And Conspiracy Theories, And Deciding Which Need To Be Removed. It's Gruelling Work. Kayleigh And Her Colleagues Spend All Day Watching Horrors And Hate On Their Screens, Evaluating Them With The Platform's Ever-changing Moderating Guidelines. Yet Kayleigh Is Good At Her Job And In Her Colleagues, She Finds A Group Of Friends, Even A New Girlfriend -- And For The First Time In Her Life, Kayleigh's Future Seems Bright. But Soon The Job Seems To Change Them All, Shifting Their Worlds In Alarming Ways. But When Her Colleagues Begin To Break Down; When Sigrid, Her New Girlfriend, Grows Increasingly Distant And Fragile; When Her Friends Start Espousing The Very Conspiracy Theories They're Meant To Be Evaluating; Kayleigh Begins To Wonder If The Job May Be Too Much For Them. She's Still Totally Fine, Though - Or Is She?

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ISBN9781529087222
PublisherPicador
Publication Date05/26/22
Pages144

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  • salufi
    salufi

    219 Followers

    3.0

    Ich fand das Thema zwar spannend und aktuell, das Buch selbst hat mich aber nicht ganz überzeugt. Es war stellenweise ziemlich verwirrend und ich bin nicht so richtig reingekommen. Insgesamt leider kein Highlight für mich, auch wenn die Idee dahinter interessant ist.

    Jan 31, 2026

  • eleftheria
    eleftheria

    25 Followers

    1.5

    Disappointing, not what the blurb suggests

    While both the title as well as the plot surrounding the issues stemming from being a content moderator for internet platforms sounded very promising, the novella unfortunately was a disappointing read. The story is told via letters to a lawyer and is supposed to provide him with an explanation for why the protagonist refuses to join a lawsuit of her former colleagues against their former employer. Instead of providing insight into the devastating effects of the dark side of the modern media, the plot focuses on the main character's troubled relationship with her coworker. Many storylines fade away quickly, the open end is rather pointless. Such a pity, the idea had much more potential.

    Dec 6, 2024

  • luisareads
    luisareads

    18 Followers

    1.0

    Ein inhaltsloses Buch

    An sich interessantes Thema aber das Buch hatte sehr wenig mit dem Klappentext zu tun sondern hat sich eher auf eine Beziehung der Protagonistin konzentriert. Wichtige Themen (gerade im Bezug auf Social Media) wurden in einem Satz genannt, dann aber wieder fallengelassen. Das offene Ende war sehr abrupt und hat auch nicht zum Nachdenken oder sonstiges angeregt sondern bei mir nur für Verwirrung gesorgt. Dieses Buch hat keinen richtigen Sinn oder Inhalt - schade!

    Jan 5, 2024

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