Antiwork/Work Reform
A community for those who want to end work, are curious about ending work, want to get the most out of a work-free life, want more information on anti-work ideas and want personal help with their own jobs/work-related struggles.
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Subscribers: 2.9k
Date Created: June 15, 2023
Date Updated: July 17, 2023
Library copied from reddit:
The Anti-Work Library 📚
Essential Reads
Start here! These are probably the most talked-about essays on the topic.
- The Abolition of Work by Bob Black (1985) | listen
- On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber (2013) | listen
- In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell (1932) | listen
c/Antiwork Rules
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1. Server Main Rules
The main rules of the server will be enforced stringently. https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/
2. No spam or reposts + limit off topic comments
Spamming posts will be removed. Reposts will be removed with the exception of a repost becoming the main hub for discussion on that topic.
Off topic comments that do not pertain to the post at hand may be removed if it is deemed they contribute nothing and/or foster hostility at users. This mostly applies to political and religious debate, but can be applied to other things at the mod’s discretion.
3. Post must have Antiwork/ Work Reform explicitly involved
Post must have Antiwork/Work Reform explicitly involved in some capacity. This can be talking about antiwork, work reform, laws, and ext.
4. Educate don’t attack
No mocking, demeaning, flamebaiting, purposeful antagonizing, trolling, hateful language, false accusation or allegation, or backseat moderating is allowed. Don’t resort to ad hominem attacks against another user or insult other people, examples of violations would be going after the person rather than the stance they take.
If we feel the comment is uncalled for we will remove it. Stay civil and there won’t be problems.
5. No Advertising
Under no circumstance are you allowed to promote or advertise any product or service
6. No factually misleading information
Content that makes claims or implications that can be proven false or misleading will be removed.
7. Headlines
If the title of the post isn’t an original title of the article then the first thing in the body of the post should be an original title written in this format “Original title: {title here}”.
8. Staff Discretion
Staff can take disciplinary action on offenses not listed in the rules when a community member's actions or general conduct creates a negative experience for another player and/or the community.
It is impossible to list every example or variation of the rules. It is also impossible to word everything perfectly. Players are expected to understand the intent of the rules and not attempt to "toe the line" or use loopholes to get around the intent of the rule.
I'm not even sure if I will get any applications at all lol
Nobody wants to work anymore >:(
The sub has only 2200 subscribers so I won't be surprised if I won't get even ONE application lol. If I don't get a good moderation team for this sub in 1-2 weeks then I will just abandon the sub while giving it away to someone random because my decision to start it while not being ready for leading it was terrible.
Hey, this is a sub that had to be moved over here, so I appreciate you taking the initiative to do that. Hopefully somebody signs up in to do so. It is a lot of free work. I'm guessing they'd need an account on this instance to mod this community?
I’m guessing they’d need an account on this instance to mod this community?
You only need an account on this instance to create the community. From this point on I can apply whoever I want as a mod, no matter the instance as long it federates with us.
I'm maybe not the best person to apply as I'm not a worker in the system, but maybe I can help out till someone worthier comes along. I came from ~facebook~ 😳 to reddit to Lemmy, gradually got fed up with corporate Social Media and I have been looking for some spot to become active and involved. I used to spend a lot of time on r/antiwork and thought about how to transfer more of this vibe from the internet to the real world, as I live in a country where workers are very submissive and lack information. My own work as a freelancer is comfy and leaves me with some time to get regularly very angry about what people have to put up with in the workforce. However, I have never been in the workforce, know very little about work laws, unionizing or other such things - and even though I do have some time, I also have other real life responsibilities so I will not be able to dive in 24/7 and just study all that. As a moderator I also welcome to have the occasion to learn more about the back end functions (I usually find my way around this stuff quickly). I might want to host my own instance at some point but have come to realize there is more to it than I had initially figured. I guess there will be some shifting around on Lemmy in terms of communities, moderators, instances - but I guess one needs to start somewhere for this place to come alive.
Hi, I still didn't get the response to the private message that I sent you.
Your mod position has been removed because of your inactivity.
Very sorry about that. I nuked my website and email and I'm still busy with recovery. Can't help after all.
It's alright.
Mod application.
Been a Reddit mod for years now moving to Lemmy and Mastodon.
Hope to make this a safe place for all people that need work reform.
I’m glad some subs are growing so quick. Awesome!
I'm more than happy to help in any way I can.
Hello, If needed, I may help you with moderation.
In past, I have moderated several discord servers and some of them were quite large (10k people)
I can assist with the creation the rules, as well as with the other mentioned tasks.
Alright, you're guaranteed to get in. I will be assigning mods tomorrow.
Hi, I still didn't get the response to the private message that I sent you.
I have sent you a private message. Did you get it?
Yeah, I responded to you 8 hours ago. Send me your matrix account in the private message.
Your mod postion has been removed because of your inactivity.
Mod Application:
Honestly, I may not be what you are looking for based on your post, but I figured I would offer.
While I wholeheartedly support the anti-work/work-reform/anti-corporate movement(s) going on, I don't know that I would say that I'm...close to them? I'm not organizing protests or scouring the web for posts. I support it. I'll interact when I have something relevant to say, but I'm not someone that may be able to drive the engagement you are looking for.
That said, I founded, run, and own a large (20k+) member Discord server built from nothing. I'm a freelance developer including more custom discord bots than I can count. I would be dabbling with automation here, but I have no real drive as of yet. While I'm not active as much as some, I check in to Lemmy fairly often through the day.
So I may not be your community driver, but I am familiar with moderation to say the least. If you end up needing someone with a very long moderation, community management, back-end planning, and development experience, I would be happy to help. If you find those qualities in other applicants, I happily cede my application to them.
but I’m not someone that may be able to drive the engagement you are looking for.
Tbh, it's more of a preference for what I would want to happen to this sub. It's not a hard requirement or anything like that.
I’m a freelance developer including more custom discord bots than I can count.
This skill may be usefull for making custom bots for this sub I think. But that will depend on mods/people what kind of bots will be used. For example, it can be used for pointing out misconceptions about something when someone's comment has a certain keywords.