[jug6ernaut]

There is really no reason to comment if your vote is to shut down the sub. The position is already known and well described. What would the posts be? "I agree"?

Vs if you want the sub to stay open and are against the shutdown, your position is not obvious, and has value in explaining why you are against it.

[a_carbon_rod]

I agree with your point but there definitely is some brigading going on by the "pro-blackout" crowd. I moderate a small-ish subreddit (~6500 subscribers) and while our poll to blackout received overwhelming support including from well-known members in our community, I definitely noticed that after sharing in the /r/ModCoord thread our intent to blackout the thread started receiving a lot of supporting comments from questionable brand new accounts (or accounts with low karma/had never interacted with the community before). And this was without linking the thread at all - these users were clearly coming to the subreddit, finding the post and making pro-blackout comments to push the community towards a shutdown.