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Nothing showed this better than that anti-work mod. In that case the stereotype of a teenage loser posting from their mom's basement was laughably true. Reddi
by treis 4y ago
Nothing showed this better than that anti-work mod. In that case the stereotype of a teenage loser posting from their mom's basement was laughably true. Reddit got a lot more understandable when you realize that most of the posts are coming from people like that.
- brink 4y agoIt doesn't help that 40-50% are very impressionable, which is a bad combination when you put them all in a virtual room together like Reddit or Twitter.
- Sohcahtoa82 4y agoI just think about how many of them like to be "edgy".
- nonethewiser 4y agoI think we underestimate how many comments come from teenagers. Puts some of the insanity into context.
- danjoredd 4y agoIts either bots or teenagers. I have noticed that Reddit is at its worst during the Summer. The rest of the time it can get pretty bad, but during the summer is when I hear the most extremist, poorly thought out opinions possible.
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- robotnikman 4y agoOr as another commenter put it, people who are "36 years old, but still emotionally a teenager".
- geoduck14 4y ago>the stereotype of a teenage loser posting from their mom's basement was laughably true Let's not think that we on HN are much better
- site-packages1 4y agoIt’s somewhat self-serving to think this, but my inference after spending time on this site is definitely the opposite.
- phillipcarter 4y agoWhen that subreddit exploded in size, it also included a lot of people who weren't actually "anti-work", but using it as an outlet to complain about and discuss employee abuse and extremely low wages to the point of quitting. And the mod also clarified she works 20+ hours/week in addition to being a full-time student, which is hardly a loser-teenager stereotype being peddled here. She clearly had no media training and the folks at Fox took advantage of that, though.
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- becquerel 4y agoThis comment is a great example of the effect Fox News wanted by spotlighting that person.
- ratsmack 4y agoCould you elaborate on what effect that is?
- fknorangesite 4y agoUndermining the credibility of /r/antiwork and the labor rights/work reform movement in general.
- adampk 4y agoI believe the subreddit chose the mod that would present on Fox news. So I do not think that it was Fox News that did the spotlighting.
- greenthrow 4y agoYou are factually incorrect, in fact the subreddit told her not to do the interview. This has been well documented. It's not very helpful to post your unsubstantiated beliefs when it is very easy to look up the facts.
- adampk 4y agoDo you have evidence of this?
- greenthrow 4y agoGo look it up. It was all over reddit when it happened. The sub said don't do it and she did it anyway.
- JohnBooty 4y agoPerhaps a nitpick or a misunderstanding, but subreddits don't choose mods. Mods choose mods. The initial mod is just the mod that started it. If I remember correctly the popular sentiment on r/antiwork re: the mod's appearance on Fox was more along the lines of oh god why but I'm not certain.