▲ 133 r/antiwork

Message To Mods: Do Something About The Bots

I used to come here pretty frequently over the past 6-7 years or so, but more and more I've been noticing that almost all of the top posts are submitted and/or written by bot accounts, and it's fairly easy to tell.

As of right now, the top posts are:

  1. "The questionnaire is 100% anonymous" -> Meme posted by an account made November 5th, 2020 with 114,577 post karma, with hidden post and comment history

  2. "Employers are ghosting college grads and rescinding offers, destroying morale" -> Article posted by an account made November 28th, 2016 with 23,971 post karma, with hidden post and comment history. ~~ This one could be a legit person, but the hidden history is always a red flag for me~~

  3. "Working from home should be a right, not a reward" -> Article posted by an account with a "WordWordNumber" username made on July 11th, 2026 with 205,451 post karma, with hidden post and comment history

  4. The fourth top post looks legit

  5. The fifth top post looks legit

  6. "Anyone else notice how job descriptions now list stuff that used to be 3 separate positions" -> Self post made by an account made on August 12th, 2026, with hidden post and comment history

  7. "Exercise Done At Work May Increase Dementia Risk, Though Leisure-Time Movement Decreases It" -> Article posted by an account with a "WordWordNumber" username, made on July 30th, 2026

  8. "House Education and Workforce Committee Passes Messmer Deregulation Legislation" -> Article posted by an account with a "WordWordNumber" username created on March 4th, 2026 with 193,781 post karma, but surprisingly is not hiding their history

  9. "Found out the coworker i thought was cool is *chugging* that kool-aid fml" -> Self post made by an account created on June 26th, 2025 with hidden post and comment history

  10. "Can't tolerate freezing office" -> Self post made by an account with a "WordWordNumber" username created on April 30th, 2022 with 26,446 post karma and 73,740 comment karma, with hidden post and comment history ~~Surprisingly, this is the first one I've seen with a higher comment karma that post karma, which is why I pointed it out~~

So, of the 10 top posts right now, 2 of them seem like they were submitted by real users, maybe 2 contentious posts that I can't tell if they're bots or real users, leaving AT LEAST 6 posts almost definitely submitted by bots.

It's easy to understand why so many bots post here. Users come here mostly to vent, and most posts that are even vaguely coherent will get upvoted for catharsis. It's all rage-bait. Really, I've noticed myself coming here less and less because I know the content isn't genuine. I really think something needs to be done about this.

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u/Sure-Temperature — 9 hours ago

Can Black Holes Turn SpaceTime "Inside Out"?

The title may not be the best way to describe it, but what I mean is:

Would it be possible that light and matter, captured by a black hole, is inverted onto itself and shown as a reflection distorted by the compression or expansion of time, back into our own universe? That way, atoms and other fundamental particles are actually celestial bodies viewed through a different time frame.

I know that electrons don't actually orbit protons but are actually more of a probabalistic cloud of where they might be at any point in time. But theoretically, if a star at the center of a galaxy was viewed as fixed in space, and everything around it was sped up by some arbitrary amount, would it behave similarly?

Obviously the answer is probably not, but considering there hasn't been a theory capable of unifying macrophysics and microphysics, I wonder if the answer lies within how black holes distort spacetime

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u/Sure-Temperature — 5 days ago

24-Port Managed PoE Switch With Low Heat?

I currently have a Cisco 2960S 48 port switch, which I haven't had any issues with, but it is fairly loud and outputs a lot of heat. I'm going to be moving soon and may need to relocate some of server equipment into my main (only) bedroom, so I'm looking to find something that's quieter and cooler.

My main requirements are:

  • At least 24 ports
  • Managed with VLAN support and trunking
  • PoE+ (but PoE++ is preferred)

Having an SFP/SFP+ would be really nice so I can dabble into fiber, but it isn't an absolute necessity

I would say my budget would ideally be around $150-200, but I'll probably buy something used so I can get more bang for my buck

Does anyone have good recommendations?

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u/Sure-Temperature — 2 months ago

[TOMT] Red/Blue/Yellow(Or Green) Whistle/Pipe God Speaking In Tri-Tone

I don't know if it was from a game or a show or what, but I have this vague memory of this god-like being made up of flutes, or like pipe organ pipes, or maybe even train whistles? The being always spoke in tri-tone, eseentially one "voice" coming out of each pipe. The notes were synthetic, but pretty. The whistles/flutes/whatever they were may not have been red, blue, and yellow, but they were bright, distinct colors.

The thing that most closely resembles this sound is from this song, but it's not exactly what it sounded like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v99dHD9oWfU&t=2m24s

I've tried searching around and couldn't find anything, and even ChatGPT basically had no idea what I was talking about

u/Sure-Temperature — 3 months ago