The underlying sentiment is that, if we aren’t publicly condemning something bad, we’re not doing anything at all.
, is a firm believer that we should all consider ourselves activists. She says: “All of us should have time to participate in democracy and our society [but] there are people who literally just don't have the time because the world is so shitty to them, which I think we need to give space to.”
And for those who are able to engage, it’s easy to forget that we, as humans, are hardly equipped to deal with this constant barrage of information at once. The pressure to juggle an infinite amount of injustices in our minds, while also worrying about our own lives and livelihoods, Daze says, is problematic.
Olivia suggests the psychological impact of the endless supply of traumatic posts on social media, which we filter through among news updates and birthday wishes, is microcosmic of what content moderators deal with daily. People who moderate online content formental illnesses like PTSD and depression. “We’re simply not built to filter through so many digital micro-interactions every single day,” she says.
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