I love the good people at Fat, Ugly, or Slutty. They’re the sort of internet vigilantism that anyone can participate in. It might not be polite, calling out trolls, stalkers and creepazoids on Xbox Live and PSN, but check out a few of their posts and I think you’ll agree they entirely deserve it.
We recently sat down with three of the four FUoS admins to talk about the site and the reception that it’s garnered. We also laugh about our respective trashtalking experiences, which is one angle where my day job as a game moderator actually comes in handy.
Please be sure to pay them a visit at their PAX Prime panel!
(And Feday, I’m pleased to report that my Gamerscore is now well over 5k. Friends again?)
(wallpaper design by auro_cyanide @ deviantArt.)
Reposted from PopMatters Moving Pixels.
In my day job I moderate for an online kids’ game. I’ve written about this before, mainly in relation to knowledge toolsets and pedagogy, but if there is one aspect to my work which bears the closest resemblance to Christine Love’s lauded visual novel don’t take it personally, babe, it just ain’t your story, it’s the practice of surveillance performed by the novel’s protagonist.
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By Kris Ligman
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Also posted in Critique and Analysis, Gaming
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Tagged christine love, cory doctorow, don't take it personally babe it just ain't your story, dtipb, little brother, moderation, panopticon, sexuality performance, surveillance culture, visual novel
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Apparently I’ve grossed some people out with out-of-context tweets about the more unpalatable aspects of my day job. The hazards of 140 characters and never being sure if someone is coming into your rants midstream, I suppose.
Let me set the record straight in one respect, at least: I have a dirty job. Don’t get me wrong, I am quite happy to be employed– my manager is understanding and cheerful, my hours are flexible, it’s very conducive to multitasking. But that image queue and the trolls and perverts who spam it is easily among my least favorite aspects of this job (the other being dealing with suicidally depressed adolescents– as someone who’s been there, I may be either the best or worst at handling them and either way I usually end up needing a stiff drink afterwards).
So today we’re going to talk about why knowledge of unsavory stuff is helpful in my line or work and in the course of that talk about some gross, disgusting things done in the name of keeping your kids safe (or just wielding a banhammer of puritanical morality; I will accept either interpretation). You may wish to skip the rest of this unless you’re particularly curious.
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