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Reddit ‘antiwork’ forum booms as millions of Americans quit jobs

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Re: Reddit ‘antiwork’ forum booms as millions of Americans quit jobs

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Post by aahortwwy »

tjs8rj wrote: post #6

That sub has changed so much in the last year. Used to be more light-hearted, rallying around crappy bosses and laughing at the gall of an employer. Now it’s been taken over by more radical takes, going from “screw my boss”, “we should get more vacation time” to straightforward Marxist talking points and desires to abolish work. There’s a place for those discussions and they’re interesting to have, but it’s ruined th…

That subreddit has had links to extensive anarchist/communist reading lists in its sidebar since it was founded. Perhaps it went through a lighthearted period, but its roots are radical and the links, related subs, and moderator list from its earlier days make that abundantly clear.

https://web.archive.org/web/20190430233904/https://old.reddi...

Re: Reddit ‘antiwork’ forum booms as millions of Americans quit jobs

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Post by stefan_ »

version_five wrote: post #7

It shouldn't be completely dismissed, but I think the forum is more about how an unhappy (or angry) minority have found each other, and the people that like to read their stories. I don't think that r/antiwork should be taken as representative of anything, including a broader movement. It's the same with twitter, there is a committed vocal and angry group, but it's not real life

No, there really is no mandatory PTO in the US! It's real, not a dream!

Re: Reddit ‘antiwork’ forum booms as millions of Americans quit jobs

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Post by gruez »

_8j50 wrote: post #16
koheripbal wrote: post #14

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You can say that about any popular sub, what would their motivation be? And is anything inauthentic about popular posts in that sub?

>You can say that about any popular sub

Not really. There aren't too many opportunities to insert propaganda into cat pictures.

>what would their motivation be

1. russian/chinese troll farms trying to sow discord

2. account farmers trying to rack up comment karm

Re: Reddit ‘antiwork’ forum booms as millions of Americans quit jobs

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Post by throw0101a »

The Odd Lots podcast had an interview with the moderator of the AntiWork sub-reddit a little while ago:

> Over a million people are members of a subreddit called r/AntiWork, whose slogan is "Unemployment for all, not just the rich." While the page and movement have been around for awhile, discontent with the state of the labor market has been growing since the pandemic. Many workers are refusing to accept the conditions and pay that were the norm prior to the virus. On this episode, we speak with Doreen Ford, who also goes by Doreen Cleyre. She is a moderator of the AntiWork subreddit as well as the founder of AbolishWork.com. Doreen explains the growth of the movement and its philosophical underpinnings.

* https://player.fm/series/series-1504378/this-is-the-booming-...

* https://open.spotify.com/episode/2YK3j1IsQAxj0JXHIplX6h

* https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-is-the-booming-mo...

Re: Reddit ‘antiwork’ forum booms as millions of Americans quit jobs

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Post by black_13 »

version_five wrote: post #7

It shouldn't be completely dismissed, but I think the forum is more about how an unhappy (or angry) minority have found each other, and the people that like to read their stories. I don't think that r/antiwork should be taken as representative of anything, including a broader movement. It's the same with twitter, there is a committed vocal and angry group, but it's not real life

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Re: Reddit ‘antiwork’ forum booms as millions of Americans quit jobs

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Post by ikr678 »

hogrider wrote: post #58

Is it really ao hard so believe non skilled jobs have it this hard? Retail sucks, most service jobs suck and exploit workers. They found class consciousness through anger.

Reading antiwork last year, I feel it should have been called antimanagement.

Regardless of class of work (white vs blue collar), a bad manager is going to destroy any job satisfaction that might have been derived. Contemporary workforce management is a skillset that doesnt get taught in school, and in all of these low skilled jobs that are posted to /antiwork, people are being managed by probably equally low skilled managers.

Throughout my career, every job I have left is largely because I didnt like how I was being managed. That has always been the impetus to go out and apply for a new role.

The best manager I've ever had was in warehousing temp job, and I'd go back to him in a heartbeat if I wanted a break from corporate drudgery.

Re: Reddit ‘antiwork’ forum booms as millions of Americans quit jobs

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Post by jimmygrapes »

scotty79 wrote: post #18
acheron wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All personal stories on Reddit should be assumed to be lies. I can’t believe there are people out there taking anything on it seriously.

Wow, so many literary creative individuals doing unpaid work for fun is way more plausible explanation than random people being just fed up with their lives and wanting to vent.

I'm not a writer and I make up shit all the time on anonymous and semi anonymous comment threads. It depends on my mood and the atmosphere of the thread. I avoid it here because I have some sense that this is an "adult" place to be where common sense opsec is reasonable but I don't have to invent anything to fit in or comment. On reddit or other such things though, hell yeah I'll drink a pitcher of Miller Lite while watching a football game and shitpost the devil's advocate or contrarian position under a pseudonym with no attribution. I justify it by calling it social research.

Re: Reddit ‘antiwork’ forum booms as millions of Americans quit jobs

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Post by akvadrako »

dang wrote: post #66
phoronixrly wrote: post #2

I've come accross many posts from this subreddit that hit the front page. Let's just say I hope reddit is keeping an eye on foreign and domestic troll farms as many of the most popular posts seem suspiciously like fiction to me...

Please don't post this sort of evidence-free insinuation to HN. They're against the site guidelines, and have been for years, because they almost never amount to anything, but do have a poisonous effect on the ecosystem as users rile each other up about them. " Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're…

Not everyone knows that most posts on Reddit are fiction; it's good to point this out on stories about reddit.

Re: Reddit ‘antiwork’ forum booms as millions of Americans quit jobs

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Post by imapeopleperson »

fivea wrote: post #68
martythemaniak wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He is saying it went from "we should have more vacation" to "we should send mangers to gulags"

> He is saying it went from "we should have more vacation" to "we should send mangers to gulags" I've been following /r/antiwork for a while and I never stumbled upon anything remotely similar to the story you've made up. Practically all comments are in the line of "good for you for quitting", "you should have done it sooner", "why even put a two weeks notice?", "You should talk to a lawyer to not get screwed over".…

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