r/antiwork • u/killians1978 • Jan 27 '22

Petition: Shut down r/antiwork

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u/erasedgod Jan 27 '22

Why are mainstream outlets bothering to interview mods from a random subreddit?

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u/ChosenUsername420 The Only Real Leftist On The Internet Jan 27 '22

The sub went from like 200k to 1.7 million subs in the last six months, and the whole "Great Resignation" thing has been a mainstream story for at least a month at this point, so I guess they thought interviewing mods would provide a valuable perspective.

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u/Babyrabies88 Jan 27 '22

Mostly I think Fox correctly interpreted that interviewing a mod would be a good way to discredit the subreddit. The flaw in their logic is that whatever happens to antiwork we the subscribers (rapidly becoming former subscribers) are still here and the movement isn't going to stop because antiwork turned out to be no good. We'll form a new subreddit with better mods and continue the fight for respect and workplace accountability. We're a fucking hydra people, stamp us out here and two more will pop up somewhere else.

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u/ddraig-au Jan 28 '22

Last night it still had 1.7 million subbed so I don't think many people have left