r/antiwork subreddit goes dark after Fox News interview
Highlights
- A wildly popular subreddit called r/antiwork, where users discuss ways to reform exploitative labour systems and commiserate over pandemic working conditions, has suddenly gone private after a testy interview between Fox News anchor Jesse Watters and one of the forum’s moderators.
- r/antiwork has been around since 2013, but has seen a rocket-ship rise to popularity during the strains of the pandemic.
- The group was so popular Fox News sought to interview one of its moderators, Doreen Ford.
- Fox News hot Jesse Watters interviews Doreen Ford, a moderator on the popular r/antiwork subreddit.
- After the interview the /r/antiwork subreddit went private with a message reading: “We’re closed while we deal with the cleanup from ongoing brigading, and will be back soon.