[flutas]

Even funnier to me, there's a not even thinly veiled threat right below it.

>Blackout

> We respect your right to protest – that’s part of democracy.

>This situation is a bit different, with some mods leading the charge, some users pressuring mods. We’re trying to work through all of the unique situations.

>Big picture: We are tolerant, but also a duty to keep Reddit online.

>If people want to do this out of anger, we want to make sure they’re mad for accurate reasons, not over things that are untrue. That’s a loss for everyone.

AKA: If you protest we will remove you from the mod team for that sub, and force the sub back to public.

[ThatMedicIsASpy]

Mods quitting en mass can destroy the whole website in days.

[Defman]

Not the first time they are doing it, from what I know. There was some AMA controversy that led to a similar blackout and mod replacements.

[johnnyanmac]

Yeah, IIRC r/pics (a "default sub" back when that was still a concept) tried to do a blackout but came back on with similar accusations that the admins intervened.