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'A glimpse of the foetid underbelly of the internet' - The Times
'Taut as a thriller, sharp as a slug of ice-cold vodka' - Irish
Times To be a content moderator is to see humanity at its worst -
but Kayleigh needs money. That's why she takes a job working 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. How long before the moderators own
morals bend and flex under the weight of what they see? We Had To
Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets is a chilling, powerful and
gripping story about who or what determines our world view.
Examining the toxic world of content moderation, the novel forces
us to ask: what is right? What is real? What is normal? And who
gets to decide? Translated from the original Dutch by Emma Rault.
'A superbly poised, psychologically astute and subtle' - Ian
McEwan, author of Atonement 'Fast paced and thrilling, violent and
nightmarish' - Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead Things 'An
acid glimpse into a new form of labor existing today' - Ling Ma,
author of Severance
DOES WHAT YOU SEE CHANGE WHO YOU ARE? Kayleigh is broke. Out of
options, she takes a job as a content moderator, reviewing horrors
and hate online and deciding which posts needs to be removed.
Kayleigh is good at her job, and in her colleagues she finds a
group of friends, even a new girlfriend. For the first time in her
life, the future seems bright . . . But soon the job begins to
shift Kayleigh’s world in alarming ways. In the glare of the
screen, how long can Kayleigh hold on to her humanity? We Had To
Remove This Post is translated from the Dutch by Emma Rault. ‘A
superbly poised, psychologically astute and subtle novel of mental
unravelling’ - Ian McEwan, author of Atonement ‘This novel
gives us an acid glimpse into a new form of labor existing today .
. . Fascinating and disturbing’ - Ling Ma, author of Severance
Tycho Zeling is drifting through his life. Everything in it -
school, friends, girls, plans for the future - just kind of ...
happens. Like a movie he presses play on, but doesn't direct. So
Tycho decides to break away from everything. He flies to America to
spend his summer as a counselor at a summer camp, for international
kids. It is there that Oliver walks in, another counselor, from
Norway. And it is there that Tycho feels his life stop, and begin
again, finally, as his. The Days of Bluegrass Love was originally
published in the Netherlands in 1999. It was a groundbreaking book
and has since become a beloved classic throughout Europe, but has
never been translated into English. Here, for the first time, it is
masterfully presented to American readers - a tender, intense,
unforgettable story of first love.
'A glimpse of the foetid underbelly of the internet' - The Times
'Taut as a thriller, sharp as a slug of ice-cold vodka' - Irish
Times To be a content moderator is to see humanity at its worst -
but Kayleigh needs money. That's why she takes a job working 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. How long before the moderators own
morals bend and flex under the weight of what they see? We Had To
Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets is a chilling, powerful and
gripping story about who or what determines our world view.
Examining the toxic world of content moderation, the novel forces
us to ask: what is right? What is real? What is normal? And who
gets to decide? Translated from the original Dutch by Emma Rault.
'A superbly poised, psychologically astute and subtle' - Ian
McEwan, author of Atonement 'Fast paced and thrilling, violent and
nightmarish' - Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead Things 'An
acid glimpse into a new form of labor existing today' - Ling Ma,
author of Severance
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The Dandy (Paperback)
Nina Polak; Translated by Emma Rault
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R162
Discovery Miles 1 620
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Ghosts Of Berlin (Paperback)
Rudolph Herzog; Translated by Emma Rault
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R494
R399
Discovery Miles 3 990
Save R95 (19%)
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Ships in 9 - 15 working days
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