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Why in the world would anybody (still) load this stuff up onto facebook of all places? They must know by now it's going to be deleted before anybody can see it. I would have expected a Facebook moderator's job to be more like a TSA screener: you'd spend all day looking for something that never appears.

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Because using big platforms works, even if its caught and removed fast. the christchurch shooting was livestreamed on facebook. The goal was already accomplished by the time it was taken down. Setting up new accounts on any platform is also a cost/benefit scenario. Generally, a very low bar is used and catching spammers/TOS-violations is probability driven. anything with low visibility that violates TOS (and escapes the brutal filters nowadays) isn't caught until someone somewhere sees it and makes the first report.

Example: https://gizmodo.com/youtube-won-t-ban-a-guy-who-crushes-anim...

Is It though? I would imagine that there is some marginal utility if it's done in such volumes.

I get the occasional friend request from profiles with links to porn sites. Even if I report it, the fact that I saw it implies others might have seen it already and more will see it before Facebook removes it.

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