‘Antiwork’ Reddit forum temporarily shuts down due to ‘brigading’ attack that followed fiery Fox News interview
On Wednesday, popular Reddit forum r/antiwork said it was temporarily shutting down amid a coordinated online attack against the community. “We’re closed while we deal with the cleanup from ongoing brigading, and will be back soon,” the moderators wrote in a message to the forum. As of midnight Eastern time Thursday, the forum was still offline. On Reddit, ‘brigading’ refers to downvoting comments to censor them on the website, spamming the forum with posts and messages or other abusive behaviors towards a particular subreddit community. The forum’s decision to pull the plug came hours after one of the forum’s moderators Doreen Ford, a 30-year-old dog walker, had a combative interview with Fox News host Jesse Watters. In the interview, Watters said he disagreed with the idea of anti-work, saying it quashed ambition. Recently, the forum has battled criticisms that its anti-work narrative and 1.7 million followers are fueling the U.S.’s labor shortage. “Why do you...