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A comment on /r/antiwork: A tragedy of sanewashing and social gentrification. Parent comment

Re:/r/antiwork: A tragedy of sanewashing and social gentrifi... by city41 on Monday February 07, 2022 @11:44AM (#30247291)
> but there are definitely fewer recognizable names amongst the volume of comments

I find this interesting because to me one of the biggest attractions to Reddit (and HN for that matter) is how deemphasized the user is. I almost never read usernames and rarely remember who anyone is.

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Re:/r/antiwork: A tragedy of sanewashing and social gentrifi... by wsb_mod2 on Monday February 07, 2022 @11:47AM (#30247366)
That's a good point. The situation definitely has it's pros and cons.

For example, in the voice chats, its great when users follow up with one another on their trades, or know each other's specialties so they can call them to provide insight.

On the other hand, deemphasizing the user makes it more about the content and less about the person creating that content, which at best avoids bandwagoning and the whole "I called $foo, so listen to me when I say buy $bar".

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