this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023
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Antiwork

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  1. We're trying to improving working conditions and pay.

  2. We're trying to reduce the numbers of hours a person has to work.

  3. We talk about the end of paid work being mandatory for survival.

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[–] Zansacu@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Antiwork? Really? Out of all possible communities I would expect this one to remain locked. Reddit might as well sticked their collective dick into a beehive.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Well that seems to be their strategy of choice with this debacle

[–] jennifilm@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Reddit is making some funny moves here that I reckon will backfire - forcing antiwork to reopen considering it's likely a community with strong feelings about strikes and action. They've also forced piracy to reopen, which I reckon might backfire on them too.

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

They are choosing the weirded communities to reopen.

[–] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe this is deliberate. It might be more appealing for their IPO to purge anticapitalist subs like Piracy and Antiwork. What's that saying, never let a good.crisis go to waste?

[–] SuiXi3D@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This implies slavery. Mods do their very real job for free. By being forced to operate, they are being exploited for their labor.

[–] tom@lemmy.fmhy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dude, no, they can just walk away.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Still under duress- their comm / work will be thefted if they do.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

they cultivated the subs. At best this is a bait and switch, at worst this is simply theft through technology.

[–] oliver@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago
[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh, the irony

[–] takina_soldpairtm@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Awoo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder if this came about because of internal conflict in the mod team. I've received zero threats from reddit to reopen and mod some subs that are larger than antiwork.

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

Subs that are forced to reopen should allow for nothing but Reddit alternatives as submissions.