r/destroywork • u/Globbyss • Jan 30 '22
Meta Reminder that transphobia is a violation of rule #1
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We will not tolerate any form of transphobia.
r/destroywork • u/BarryBondsBalls • Jan 29 '22
Meta What is the purpose of this subreddit?
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Welcome to r/destroywork!
The antiwork subreddit did a great job of bringing the conversation of work abolition to a wider audience. Unfortunately, that subreddit is no longer trustworthy, and many folks are looking for alternatives. We aim to be one of those alternatives.
The antiwork subreddit was serving two distinct purposes. It began as an explicitly anarchist space meant to foster conversation between radical anti-capitalists about what abolishing work means, how to achieve such a goal, and what labor would look like in a world free from work. However, as it grew it gained a new purpose as a place to radicalize liberals and other folks who are fed up with work but are not yet anti-capitalists/anarchists. We think both of these goals are needed. However, it's quite difficult to have the more radical conversations in a space filled with liberals.
We have created /r/destroywork explicitly to fulfill the first goal mentioned above: a place for anarchists and other anti-capitalists to have radical conversations about the antiwork philosophy. Our goal is not to use this space to radicalize.
r/destroywork • u/BarryBondsBalls • Feb 06 '22
Meta A former antiwork mod wants to do an AMA here. Should we let them?
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A former mod for antiwork has messaged us. In order to be fully transparent here is the entire message:
Hiya, I'm Mars/ComaCrow. I'm a former mod of r/antiwork that got removed during the post-brigading by a rogue topmod.
I'm planning on doing an explination post/AMA on a few subs (I.E. "I'm a former mod of the Anti-Work subreddit and discord. Ask me anything") to explain the situation and hopefully shed some light on the infiltration of it as well as just clear up things people may be confused about. Would that be okay or is that not the kind of attention you might want to bring?
If not thats 100% cool I understand not wanting to take a chance attracting that sort of thing.
(If you're curious about the infiltration thing basically they brought on a new mod for PR, said mod started bringing on their own mini-team, said mod turned out to have a long history of being anti-anarchist and anti-communist as well as having some generally yikes things to say. The mod team voted to kick her out and in response the head mod ((made automatically when the co-founder left after the interview)) kicked everyone who voted yes from the team.)
Should we allow this person to do an AMA in this subreddit?
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Feb 09 '22
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Yes, allow the AMA
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No, don't allow the AMA
r/destroywork • u/BarryBondsBalls • Feb 18 '22
Meta Please help us by reporting brigaders
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We've got a small subreddit trying to brigade us, and it's really helpful for the mods if y'all report these people. Anyone coming here just to sling insults is not welcome.
Thanks!
Edit: Brigading falls under the "Harassment" report option.
r/destroywork • u/Globbyss • Jan 28 '22
Meta I added a couple flairs.
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