Every month there are new rules and regulations established regarding what’s banned and what’s allowed by social media companies around the world. And every month thousands of people are hired specifically to review the steady stream of content to websites and social media to make sure it conforms with the rules. Many of these people work from home.
On Social Media sites, like Twitter or Facebook or Reddit or Pinterest, where the content comes from individuals not the company, sneaky or self-dealing or sometimes totally dishonest liars, are attempting every day to post words and photos that do not meet company standards. Their goal is to try to reach as many people as possible and go viral on the Social Media site before the post is caught and removed.
Police the online content
Your job as a Social Media reviewer is to monitor a stream of posts by individuals to the site. If a post comes along that does not meet the required standards — out it goes with a few clicks of your mouse.
Reviewing static websites is slightly different because the content (words and images) does not change as rapidly as they do on Social Media. But I can tell you from personal experience that even established websites come under scrutiny by reviewers.
On one of my sites I had posted a photograph of a Mexican folk art sculpture of a mermaid along with several other images of folk art that were in an exhibition at a local museum. Suddenly, over two months later I received a message from Google’s Adsense informing me that the mermaid was “sexual content” and that the page on which it appeared would no longer be eligible for Adsense.
At first I thought about fighting it based on the fact that images of naked Venus de Milo are all over the internet, but decided simply to remove the mermaid who was depicted in the sculpture as bare from the waist up. Somewhere around the world a Content Reviewer was satisfied he/she had done his/her job.
What you need: a newish computer with fast internet access. Reading English is necessary but reading a second language is highly desirable and will almost guarantee you a job.
Where to find these work from home jobs: Facebook and Amazon employ content reviewers. A company named Alorica specializes in providing content reviewers to Social Media companies. You can also find listings on Indeed and ZipRecruiter. As always: read the reviews of every company that you are considering working for or working with. Also carefully check how often and by what method you will be paid.
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