Jessie Watters takes on the one who operates the Anti Work Group
Why Hacker News recommends it
Used as a reference for the r/antiwork interview blowup, mostly cited critically.
What it is
A Fox News segment in which Jesse Watters interviews the moderator of the r/antiwork subreddit. The interview went badly for the moderator and led to the subreddit going private.
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What Hacker News said
Cites jmrm · 2022-01 · on “Anti-work subreddit goes private after rough Fox News interview”
- For those outside of the loop, a couple time-ordered points not mentioned here: Fox contacted to the mods and asked specifically to talk with this person, and the mods accepted this instead of other due to having some experience in other media. All of this without asking the users if they agree with that. The Fox interview: [this video] After the Fox interview happened, practically the whole subreddit were upset and disappointed. People asked why this happened in this way, why they didn't prepare a lot more this kind of event, and practically they got an "it is what it is", with a bit of authoritarian smell because the mods took this personally. People really get even more mad about this, creat
Critical RedBeetDeadpool · 2022-01 · on “Society has a trust problem. More censorship will only make it worse”
Just adding onto this argument. Reddit moderators just don't know how to take criticism. The lately famous /r/antiwork just had a moment. I tried to find the post where they were banning every dissenting opinion, but the thread got locked. Now the entire subreddit is locked. For reference here's a link to another subreddit locking a thread because the /r/antiwork mod got offended: [LINK] This was all because the mod couldn't handle the criticisms he took for being interviewed here: [this video]
Critical ndiddy · 2022-01 · on “The rise of the anti-work movement”
If you watch the interview I think it’s pretty self evident how it embarrassed the subreddit into locking down. [this video]
Critical throwayyy479087 · 2022-12 · on “The Right to Be Lazy”
The famous r/antiwork interview is all a fantastic example of where this attitude gets you. [this video] Honestly, being Doreen seems like a nightmare and we should aspire to be better.
Critical syndicatedjelly · 2024-01 · on “The rise of the anti-work movement”
While I hate Fox News, I personally enjoyed watching Jesse Waters tear this r/antiwork mod to shreds on live tv [this video]