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		weareconvo on March 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SXSW and Reddit’s Introspection Problem I took "social janitorial work" to mean cleaning up other peoples' comments, which really isn't possible without altering or deleting them. If it was used to mean "indicating disapproval", then I have absolutely no problem with it.

potatolicious on March 12, 2013 [–]

The original context was:

> "Regardless of gender, because karma exists, people'd rather not risk their worthless points over being the guy that says "Hey, that's not cool." Social janitorial work isn't pretty..."

Which doesn't read like it implies editing or deletion.

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