[evandale]

That's why the blackout needs to be permanent. If even 25% of the users have no clue what's happening and thinks Reddit is crapping out for a couple days they'll shrug their shoulders and use it 48 hours later when it's back up. I don't understand what they think they're protesting by timeboxing it .. Reddit can afford wait it out 48 hours and plan for that.

I guarantee people are going to get an error they can't view the subreddit without reading why they can't.

[shmatt]

The mods only power in life is on Reddit. If they give that up they lose everything. Once in a while some crazy stats like 5 mods control 20% of the top 500 subreddits pop up, I’ve never tried to validate but there is definitely a small group with a lot of power among mods

Their entire purpose in life is being a Reddit mod, they’re the ones people expect to kill Reddit?

[jdminhbg]

People always say that Reddit depends on these mods for free labor, which is true, but there's a reason that the mods do this free labor. They enjoy the power/responsibility/community/whatever they get from it.

[somsak2]

I don't even think it's true. Mods are cheaply replaceable, it's just an expedient dependency right now but not a necessity for them.

[evandale]

Hah, yeah, I've made this same comment on Reddit flippantly on a bunch of subs. I'm not shocked it's a joke subreddit closing down permanently and not something like r/aww or something that would make a difference.

[matheusmoreira]

That's one of the saddest things I've ever read.

[duped]

Reddit will just ban the mods and force the subs to go back online. They've already alluded to that.