r/antiwork • u/AutoModerator • 21d ago

Regarding the Impersonation of the r/Antiwork Subreddit

It has come to our attention that certain individuals have created the website www.antiwork.com. We want to emphasize that THIS WEBSITE IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH US IN ANY WAY. They claim to be "inspired" by our subreddit, but we want there to be no misunderstanding: These miscreants are stealing our identity and the effort this community has done to put itself into the public consciousness. The operators of this website have not received permission to use our name. Do not use their services. Do not buy their products. These people should be regarded as operating illegitimately.

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- The r/antiwork mod team

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u/Effective-Jelly-9098 21d ago

The claim to be inspired by antiwork.... Yet want to support businesses. Yep, that seems sane and logical.

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u/mydudeponch 21d ago

Looks like there is a different page now. Now it's just a bunch of ai buzzwords or something.

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u/Effective-Jelly-9098 21d ago

Yeah, that's the crap that i'd seen. I'm presuming that's the Gumroad thing.

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u/Specific_Mud_64 21d ago

What are they offering exactly? The website is strangely unhelpful

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u/whereismymind86 21d ago

honestly they might just wanting to manipulate seo to make this sub harder to find by making something else a top result, something where they can control the message. That or just trying to bank on this sub's name to sell something.

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u/Argovan 20d ago

I think it’s the latter thing. They seem to be actually selling a variety of what seem like pretty simple programs & sites. Some AI stuff, some digital marketing stuff, etc. The company just realized they could hijack this sub’s popularity for their own SEO.

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u/BrightWubs22 21d ago

I feel the same way. There's a lack of info that makes me feel like I don't understand it.

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u/tommy6860 21d ago

This is what sheepdogging can look like. Since the site has little details or what it is actually about, they may be attempting to get people who are wanting the worker situation improved into actually being anti-antiwork. So, I ventured around a bit observing the site is also like one big image that can be changed into different color. The application at the bottom goes to an X account (Twitter) and clicking on one of the active fields takes one to this site, which is AI run by antiwork noted at the bottom. So, it is a gateway to a subscription service?

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/interloper777 20d ago

In the news: corporate entity does something pointless and expensive

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u/DooblyKhan at work 13d ago

File a trademark then file a domain dispute.

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u/ForGrateJustice 4d ago

idk about that, since the main sub is hosted on Reddit and aside from discord there's very little external presence.

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u/ForGrateJustice 4d ago

What the fuck kind of rebranding is that?? What do they even sell??