[nicce]

An alternative conspiracy theory: put Reddit down for two days to hide the existence of the protests from major users.

E.g. many Google searches lead into private communities now. Word is spreading.

[hn_go_brrrrr]

"You can't take us down! We'll take _ourselves_ down, so there."

[bombcar]

If people see the dead reddit dude they just assume it broke and come back later.

If they see a "this sub is private because reddit is dumb and also evil" they may come back later, they may not.

[marcosdumay]

Honestly, looks as reasonable as anything else about this thing.

[rangledangle]

This is my guess. Looks better on the record, since people are committing only 48 hours anyways (for whatever reason, should be permanent).