>The mods, not the admins, made it so that only a shortlist of approved users could post content in the subreddit. Admins banned virtually all the mods, withou

>The mods, not the admins, made it so that only a shortlist of approved users could post content in the subreddit. Admins banned virtually all the mods, without warning or explanation, so the remaining mod(s) had no choice but to lock the sub. One of the tricks leftist groups like to do is they'll brigade right-leaning subs, post a ton of "offensive" content, then before the mods can remove it, they'll screenshot it, post it up on a blog, and then alert the admins to trick them into banning the sub. That's how they got the sub quarantined. With only one or two mods left, they couldn't properly police the sub anymore, which had close to a million subscribers and tens of thousands of active posters at any given hour. Put yourself in their shoes. If it was the choice between accept random unknown (but admin approved) users as moderators, or lock the sub, what would you do? Of course you'd lock the sub. It was just an attempt at a soft-takeover. Better it be outright banned than lobotomized by replacing its mods with Reddit users who likely hate Trump.