• Veloxization@yiffit.net
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    1 year ago

    It’s called the sunk cost fallacy. “I can’t possibly quit because I’ve put so much time/money/effort into this.”

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      But… they are literally the mods of r/antiwork, a community based around calling out unfair treatment by bosses and gathering strength to quit and find better employment.

      You can’t make this shit up, it’s so stupid - it’d be unbelievably dumb if it weren’t for the fact that it actually happened.

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      1 year ago

      True, but there is a real danger of changing the tone and direction of a sub with a mod swap. That sub has gone through it.

      • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
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        Yes that’s the risk of a strike, and reddit knows that. When asked if they’d stick to their principals they gave up. Easy as that.