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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
[[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. | |||
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* Petra receives a package from [[Deliverables]]. | * Petra receives a package from [[Deliverables]]. | ||
* 86% of children born thanks to [[Bidford|Dr Bidford]]'s [[fertility clinic]] are boys with blond [[hair]] and blue [[eye]]s. | * 86% of children born thanks to [[Bidford|Dr Bidford]]'s [[fertility clinic]] are boys with blond [[hair]] and blue [[eye]]s. | ||
* [[Heggsy]] of ''[[Tomorrow's Truth]]'', whose real name is Stanton-Clarke, is imprisoned for filming inside [[court]]. In [[2005]], he was [[arrest]]ed for selling [[weed]] and pimping an underage [[prostitute]] named [[Ophelia (Moderation)|Ophelia]]. | |||
* Charlie had a [[stroke]] because of a [[drug]] overdose. | |||
* [[Charlie's brother]] died over eighteen months ago. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Petra mentions the flood in [[Cardiff]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eye of the Storm (audio story)|Eye of the Storm]]'') | * Petra mentions the flood in [[Cardiff]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eye of the Storm (audio story)|Eye of the Storm]]'') | ||
* Tyler was sentenced for [[hacking]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Changes Everything (audio story)|Changes Everything]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Revision as of 11:40, 9 July 2023
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.
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Cast
- Tyler Steele - Jonny Green
- Mr Colchester - Paul Clayton
- Petra Malik - Maya Saroya
- Barry Beans - Silas Carson
- Charlie - Luke Nunn
- Gammon - Mark Elstob
- Mum - Helena Breck
- Noel - Barnaby Edwards
- Brin - Sam Stafford
- Colleague - Lowri Gwynne
- Heggsy - Daniel Llewellyn-Williams
- The Child - Mia Hope
References
- Petra mentions KPIs.
- Kingston was the technology correspondent and reported on air quality and Wimbledon. He hanged himself in a garage after trying to gas himself with his electric car.
- Barry eats crisps.
- Petra wears a headscarf.
- Petra eats a bacon sandwich despite it being Ramadan.
- Petra mentions "the virus".
- Phlobos performed virus tests and blood tests and passed on the results to employers and insurance companies.
- Tommy is brain dead, but his mother will not allow him to die.
- Petra drinks a lot of coffee.
- Petra reported on a measles plague in Shoreditch schools. The rate of vaccinations went down after her story.
- Petra speaks to her aunt over the telephone.
- Petra receives a package from Deliverables.
- 86% of children born thanks to Dr Bidford's fertility clinic are boys with blond hair and blue eyes.
- Heggsy of Tomorrow's Truth, whose real name is Stanton-Clarke, is imprisoned for filming inside court. In 2005, he was arrested for selling weed and pimping an underage prostitute named Ophelia.
- Charlie had a stroke because of a drug overdose.
- Charlie's brother died over eighteen months ago.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- Petra mentions the flood in Cardiff. (AUDIO: Eye of the Storm)
- Tyler was sentenced for hacking. (AUDIO: Changes Everything)
External links
- Official Moderation page at bigfinish.com
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