The r/antiwork subreddit discussion board has quickly gone private following a rough interview between Fox News character Jesse Watters and one of many subreddit’s moderators, Mashable reported. Other mods mentioned they’re coping with “cleanup from ongoing brigading,” or assaults by different subreddits, “and will be back soon.” 

Members of the discussion board felt that the interview did not replicate properly on them, because it centered extra on the moderator personally moderately than the motion itself. “This person had the chance to prove to the world the problems with the current work culture yet just said ‘laziness is a virtue,'” one commenter acknowledged. 

The subreddit’s catch-phrase is “Unemployment for all, not just the rich.” It has greater than 1.7 million customers and was the fastest-growing non-default reddit throughout the positioning as of this writing. Growth doubled within the final three months alone, as staff bored with COVID-19 pandemic circumstances and low wages. 

While it initially began as an anti-capitalism discussion board, the subreddit is now used to debate staff’ rights, discuss unhealthy bosses, air grievances and extra. Previously, the positioning has been implicated in a hack on enterprise receipt printers to insert pro-labor messages.

“Most of the posts on r/antiwork are from retail and fast food workers, nurses, teachers, and other essential workers who are being screwed over during the pandemic,” mentioned one other consumer on Twitter, in line with The Independent. “But then… [this moderator] goes on TV and units the complete factor again by a decade.”