There is evil. It lives on social media.

Today, we are going to delve into some things that will be triggering beyond a single listed tag.

So, we warned. There are no holds barred when it comes to the sickness of the internet.

I was a moderator and report handler for this particular social media website over the course

of several years.

For legal reasons, I can't name the company, but if you put your head in a novel, you'll

know who I'm referring to.

Why am I posting it here instead of somewhere else?

Simple.

Hide in plain sight.

The social media conglomerate assures the outside world that it takes care of its staff,

has mental health professionals in place, and everyone is routinely cycled to ensure they don't

spend too long on certain zones that house the most extreme content.

That's an outright lie.

In my time working for this media giant, I saw wide-eyed, fresh-faced newbies walk

through our doors and within six months become shells of them for myself.

Unable to face people in the outside world, knowing damn well what depravity lurks beneath

that thin veneer of pleasantries.

Out of my initial team of sixty, half of them were addicts within the first year.

Pain killers, sleeping tablets, stronger substances, you name it.

A dozen would attempt to end their lives within 18 months, seven of which succeeded.

Our ops manager, Ken, came in after particularly difficult weekend handling the leaked war videos from the remote region in Africa, sifting through the reports with all of us.

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