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    They were not forced, they were pressured. The mods caved to the threat of being replaced, showing everyone that having that little bit of power was always their main priority. I didn’t expect more from dog-walkers.

        • The general themes on r/antiwork helped me leave a job after being disrespected after asking for a fair raise. That led to switching careers into data science and doubling me salary and doing far more meaningful work. There, I met a colleague, a 45 year old woman, and we were talking about pay equity and our current workplace, and she brought up to ME that she followed antiwork during COVID and how it also helped her realize her self-worth. She’s now moved and found an even better opportunity.

          It’s mega cringe a lot of the time, and the value drops off after a month or two of following I’d say, but overall I think it was a force for good. At least in two people’s lives.

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            Definitely, had a similar experience of r/antiwork giving me a bit of a nudge to leave a crappy job where I had some similarly unfortunate conversations with management. Hope you’re enjoying the new career!

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            Tell her about setting up an account here. Give her some guidance on which instance to first try, how to subscribe to magazines/communities, etc.

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        If they really were anti-work and pro-sticking-it-to-the-man, they’d leave Reddit rather than cave to spez’s demands.

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        What on earth do ya’ll have against dog walkers? I’ve never seen this as an insult before.

        The only professional dog walker I’ve known was a really shitty manager in a powerful position, too, hardly an antiwork guy.

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      Right, but what’s their alternative? While they’re still mods they can still affect some level of change. If they completely cede to Reddit’s admin, they have nothing.

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        While they’re still mods they can still affect some level of change.

        If they can’t endure even a 1 week strike on a social network then they cannot affect any change anyway because they are a completely powerless farce. Imagine how quickly they’d fold if this were a RL thing with actual consequences beyond their moderator position.

        I mean have we forgotten when last year the mod of that sub went to a live interview and the whole subreddit was so ashamed they had to distance themselves from it? I think the day later they said nobody will interview anymore and they removed the person as a mod and wiped any trace of it? They are a joke, this is just another event that proves it.

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          Ya, I can’t believe people are missing the fact the antiwork mod team has never done a decent job being a good voice to their community in the first place.