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[[Reporter]] and [[science]] correspondent [[Petra Malik]] wants to continue reporting on the [[coma]]tose [[Charlie (Moderation)|Charlie]]'s experimental implant, but has to sideline the story pending the results as she needs to make a certain number of views. She complains to [[Tyler Steele|Tyler]], an old friend whom she got a job as a moderator, and [[Barry Beans]], who works in digital strategy, about threatening and offensive comments which are now permitted under her stories due to a new rule prioritising interaction, but Barry refuses to do anything unless she becomes "edgier" and reports on stories produced by an [[algorithm]].  
[[Reporter]] and [[science]] correspondent [[Petra Malik]] wants to continue reporting on the [[coma]]tose [[Charlie (Moderation)|Charlie]]'s experimental implant, but has to sideline the story pending the results as she needs to make a certain number of views. She complains to [[Tyler Steele|Tyler]], an old friend whom she got a job as a moderator, and [[Barry Beans]], who works in digital strategy, about threatening and offensive comments which are now permitted under her stories due to a new rule prioritising interaction, but Barry refuses to do anything unless she becomes "edgier" and reports on stories produced by an [[algorithm]].  


Following the algorithm results in Petra being punched by [[gammon (Moderation)|a man]] protesting the teaching of [[sexuality]] at a [[primary school]] and assaulted by [[Bidford|a doctor]] whose [[fertility clinic]] produced an overwhelming number of blond boys, a story which is made unviewable by code in a comment which she suspects Tyler deliberately let through. He informs her that the newspaper is keeping count of the number of [[rape]] and [[death]] threats each of its articles receive and that Petra is the most hated of its reporters, but she is happy that she is angering the far-right. When Charlie starts showing signs of recovery, Barry tells Petra that the story has no traction.
Following the algorithm results in Petra being punched by [[gammon (Moderation)|a man]] protesting the teaching of [[sexuality]] at a [[primary school]] and assaulted by [[Bidford|a doctor]] whose [[fertility clinic]] produced an overwhelming number of blond boys, a story which is made unviewable by code in a comment which she suspects Tyler deliberately let through. He informs her that the newspaper is keeping count of the number of [[rape]] and [[death]] threats each of its articles receive and that Petra is the most hated of its reporters, but she is happy that she is angering the far-right. When Charlie starts showing signs of recovery, Barry tells Petra that the story has no traction, in part because he is gay.
 
Tyler is followed by [[St John Colchester|Mr Colchester]], who wonders if Tyler is able to continue with his mission after he spends a night drinking and using [[drug]]s to dull his feelings of guilt at his inability to protect Petra from the hatred she is receiving. Tyler is sure that Petra is going to die and visits her, shortly after her home is broken into and her [[knife|knives]] plunged into her [[bed]], upon realising that her spiked articles went unpublished because they concerned [[Phlobos]], which has likely been building genetic profiles of the population and is owned by a firm which upgraded the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[WiFi]] and owns both a [[recommendation engine]] and Petra's newspaper.


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* [[Colleague (Moderation)|Colleague]] - [[Lowri Gwynne]]
* [[Colleague (Moderation)|Colleague]] - [[Lowri Gwynne]]
* [[Heggsy]] - [[Daniel Llewellyn-Williams]]
* [[Heggsy]] - [[Daniel Llewellyn-Williams]]
* [[Child (Aliens Next Door)|The Child]] - [[Mia Hope]]
* [[The Child]] - [[Mia Hope]]


== References ==
== References ==
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* Charlie had a [[stroke]] because of a [[drug]] overdose.
* Charlie had a [[stroke]] because of a [[drug]] overdose.
* [[Charlie's brother]] died over eighteen months ago.
* [[Charlie's brother]] died over eighteen months ago.
* Tyler mentions [[Godzilla]].
* [[Petra Malik's girlfriend|Petra's girlfriend]] was [[Judaism|Jewish]] and did not want children.
* Tyler does [[MDMA]].
* Tyler likens Petra to [[Robert Redford]] and himself to [[Meryl Streep]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==

Revision as of 12:03, 9 July 2023

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Moderation was the fourth audio story in Among Us 1.

Publisher's summary

Tyler Steele has a job moderating the comments section of a website. His old friend Petra is a star reporter for the newspaper. And Tyler realises the newspaper is going to kill her.

Plot

Reporter and science correspondent Petra Malik wants to continue reporting on the comatose Charlie's experimental implant, but has to sideline the story pending the results as she needs to make a certain number of views. She complains to Tyler, an old friend whom she got a job as a moderator, and Barry Beans, who works in digital strategy, about threatening and offensive comments which are now permitted under her stories due to a new rule prioritising interaction, but Barry refuses to do anything unless she becomes "edgier" and reports on stories produced by an algorithm.

Following the algorithm results in Petra being punched by a man protesting the teaching of sexuality at a primary school and assaulted by a doctor whose fertility clinic produced an overwhelming number of blond boys, a story which is made unviewable by code in a comment which she suspects Tyler deliberately let through. He informs her that the newspaper is keeping count of the number of rape and death threats each of its articles receive and that Petra is the most hated of its reporters, but she is happy that she is angering the far-right. When Charlie starts showing signs of recovery, Barry tells Petra that the story has no traction, in part because he is gay.

Tyler is followed by Mr Colchester, who wonders if Tyler is able to continue with his mission after he spends a night drinking and using drugs to dull his feelings of guilt at his inability to protect Petra from the hatred she is receiving. Tyler is sure that Petra is going to die and visits her, shortly after her home is broken into and her knives plunged into her bed, upon realising that her spiked articles went unpublished because they concerned Phlobos, which has likely been building genetic profiles of the population and is owned by a firm which upgraded the United Kingdom's WiFi and owns both a recommendation engine and Petra's newspaper.

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