veloxization comments on Antiwork was forced to reopen by the admins

[–] veloxization@yiffit.net 36 points 3 years ago (5 children)

It's called the sunk cost fallacy. "I can't possibly quit because I've put so much time/money/effort into this."

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[–] Kaldo@beehaw.org 10 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

But... they are literally the mods of r/antiwork, a community based around calling out unfair treatment by bosses and gathering strength to quit and find better employment.

You can't make this shit up, it's so stupid - it'd be unbelievable if it weren't for the fact that it actually happened.

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[–] veloxization@yiffit.net 3 points 3 years ago

It's super ironic, I completely agree.

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[–] geoffervescent@beehaw.org 2 points 3 years ago

In their mind their worried about the stakes of losing complete control of their haven on reddit and watching their community just blindly following some puppets appointed by reddit. Reddit will always have that power but so long as the mod sees a possibility of maintaining control Reddit can cowtow them under the guise of "We want you in control, we just need you to accept this is the reality."

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[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

True, but there is a real danger of changing the tone and direction of a sub with a mod swap. That sub has gone through it.

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 12 points 3 years ago

Yes that's the risk of a strike, and reddit knows that. When asked if they'd stick to their principals they gave up. Easy as that.

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