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by paxys 1107 days ago
I have a legal deed to my house. If someone else decides to claim it the government (aka men with guns) will show up to restore it to me.

Your "ownership" of a subreddit amounts to a single row in a database on one of Reddit's servers, which they can change for any or no reason.

Moderators (and users in general) need a reality check about their relationship with the sites they frequent. You are not a part owner. You are not an employee. You are one of ~500M monthly users who they use to generate advertising revenue, and your loss will not be noticed.