[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.