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Work Reform
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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
Our Philosophies:
- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
- We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.
Our Goals
- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
- Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
- Better and fewer working hours.
- Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
- Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.
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FYI, this post has been reported as "off topic", along with the declaration that posts of this nature make this board indistinguishable from Lemmy Politics.
As the sole Mod, I'm going to allow it because this sort of issue is a direct consequence of our civilization's corporate-centric approach to governing, and highlights the urgent need for Work Reform; the implementation of a system that is not 100% profit-driven or based around profit outcomes. Indeed; Work Reform is a political concept at its core since the entrenched powers never reform from within, but only change due to outside pressure.
Please let me know if you agree or disagree with this approach. All opinions are valid.
My complaint is that it's from a serial Reddit reposter. If I wanted a reddit feed, I'd go to reddit. Last I looked, they posted 10x the amount they comment, drowning out communities
Oh, its Sanitation again, I didn't notice that.
I understand and appreciate your point. But as long as they're abiding by the rules of the sub, I'm going to let the community upvotes & downvotes be greater determinants of the worthiness of their posts. And as long as they're not being a bad actor, I won't ban this or any other user.
I'm just glad to see posts that are mostly-applicable to the topic rather than those spammy fake jobs or that one guy obsessed with the end of the world.
It would be nice if you could at least ask him to make less reposts, I noticed that the first ~10 posts are almost only from him and that by scrolling further down, every other post made by someone else had way less comment and activity which is concerning, people will get tired to post in a community where they get drowned by reposts; i am concerned that the community will slowly drown
Right, it's a complaint I tend to keep to myself, sometimes letting people know that they aren't going to get a reply or more details, as that's frustrating as a user
I'm inclined to say off topic, but i'm not angry about it if it stays. I really appreciate your mod style. Thank you for asking for opinions from the community.
Hey, it sucks to hear this place only has one mod. I have free time and I strongly believe in the mission of decentralized social media. If you want any help I would be more than happy to volunteer my time.
I'll keep that in mind, thanks! Fortunately this is Lemmy, so I only have one or two reports each day to deal with (for now). And most users actually seem pretty mature and reasonable!
I have a hope that the sort of people to be on Lemmy at all aren't the sort to be too toxic or unreasonable; and mostly that's been wonderfully true in my (limited) experience!
Technically I think it is off-topic since it has nothing directly to do with work reform. Note, I said directly, so no need to point ouf correlations between work reform and racism or bad government in general.
I know what you mean, and your logic is 100% sound.
By the time I saw this it was 8hrs old with +250 upvotes though, so I didn't want to purge it against the will of the people.
That's how I feel about moderation. I've followed reddit posts that had hundreds of comments and suddenly got removed because technically they didn't belong where they were. Always annoying.
Exactly my experience!
If it was languishing with a dozen upvotes and no comments, that'd be one thing; but it's generating discussion and interaction, so I'm not going to be the spoil-sport on this one.
Great job on moderation. A reasoned and practical approach.
Thank you!
It’s not especially on-topic but it’s not completely unrelated either. I think it’s fine as an edge case but that doesn’t mean a ton more like it should also be allowed.
Wrong.
That's my opinion, therefore it is valid. ;-)
LOL that's valid
I thought about editing that since unconstructive replies are less valid, but figured whatevs. I'd rather hear all feedback than discourage poor feedback. :p
I wanted to write up a bunch of silly opinions, but I'm exhausted from dialysis, so you just got that joke. heh. I also wanted to say something about the moderation style - I always preferred community feedback like that as well, so just know that I have high praise for it :)
Awwwws, thanks! Best wishes for your dialysis, that's rough. Hope things work out as well as possible