They have a fairly good thing going there in terms of general energy and number of people on board but Reddit and lib mods could ruin it very fast. It also seems like we have a fair bit of exchange with them, even if a lot of us get banned. Do we want to make a liferaft comm /c/antiwork for the dual purpose of growing hexbear and providing a space where a sane and correct model of antiwork with leftist foundations can grow?
Weigh in with pros and cons below.
I don't think it would work if the sub is banned, the ideological distance between us would cause too many clashes with such a big new community. This isn't very relevant, though, because the sub probably isn't about to be banned. What we should be thinking about is the scenario where the sub starts purging "tankies" (anyone who isn't a mild reformist), which is fairly likely. I don't know whether a liferaft community or just active recruiting is the best option if that happens, though.
What if I told you people on there probably don’t like ‘tankies’ not because they’re diametrically opposed to their ideology but because they’re unfunny nerds who want to hijack a shitpost with texbook shit.
People on there don't like "tankies" because they're :reddit-logo: liberals with no understanding of AES. It's got nothing to do with a few unfunny posts that may or may not have been made on a subreddit.