I watched the interview and I kind of don’t really get the issue that people have with it. Interviewer did set up some usual gotcha-like questions which I don’t think the interviewee fell for but answered to the best of their ability. I feel like anyone sensible who watched the interview would just walk away and go “Okay, that was a thing, lets move on”.
I see more people annoyed that the interviewee didn’t seem prepared, didn’t dress correctly or that they didn’t look good but not the actual answers that they provided. It’s also possible that some outrage was generated by the mere-notion that it wasn’t a perfect interview and sucked in many others who have some stake in it.
I get that the mod probably shouldn’t have gone on there and it definitely isn’t great to be appear as a representative on a show that already has an agenda against your cause. However, this whole thing seems pretty insignificant.
I don’t think this is remotely close to ending the movement let alone being even noteworthy?
The issue less with the interview itself and more with the fact that the mod decided to do the interview unilaterally, and how the mod team responded after. The mods have already shown concerning tendencies with being sectarian, and then had a meltdown when faced with criticisms from the community.
I think the main issue that people had was they felt he misrepresented the sub and helped perpetuate the stereotype of laziness and not understanding the economy. In reality though, they were the ones mistaken, as their impression of what r/antiwork stands for is only a recent version from when the sub became mainstream and is not what the sub originally stood for.
Originally, the sub was much more radical and truly anti work which is the vision I’m sure Doreen here still believes in.
This process is part of why I dislike reddit these days tbh. Bunch of normies come in, change the culture and ideas, then bully the original users for being weirdoes who don’t “get it”.
I watched the interview and I kind of don’t really get the issue that people have with it. Interviewer did set up some usual gotcha-like questions which I don’t think the interviewee fell for but answered to the best of their ability. I feel like anyone sensible who watched the interview would just walk away and go “Okay, that was a thing, lets move on”.
I see more people annoyed that the interviewee didn’t seem prepared, didn’t dress correctly or that they didn’t look good but not the actual answers that they provided. It’s also possible that some outrage was generated by the mere-notion that it wasn’t a perfect interview and sucked in many others who have some stake in it.
I get that the mod probably shouldn’t have gone on there and it definitely isn’t great to be appear as a representative on a show that already has an agenda against your cause. However, this whole thing seems pretty insignificant.
I don’t think this is remotely close to ending the movement let alone being even noteworthy?
The issue less with the interview itself and more with the fact that the mod decided to do the interview unilaterally, and how the mod team responded after. The mods have already shown concerning tendencies with being sectarian, and then had a meltdown when faced with criticisms from the community.
I think the main issue that people had was they felt he misrepresented the sub and helped perpetuate the stereotype of laziness and not understanding the economy. In reality though, they were the ones mistaken, as their impression of what r/antiwork stands for is only a recent version from when the sub became mainstream and is not what the sub originally stood for.
Originally, the sub was much more radical and truly anti work which is the vision I’m sure Doreen here still believes in.
This process is part of why I dislike reddit these days tbh. Bunch of normies come in, change the culture and ideas, then bully the original users for being weirdoes who don’t “get it”.