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. This leads to her being punched by a man protesting the teaching of sexuality at a primary school.
to be completed
Cast
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.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
- Petra mentions the flood in Cardiff. (AUDIO: Eye of the Storm)
External links
- Official Moderation page at bigfinish.com