<quote>Dunno what it will accomplish as those users just go elsewhere,</quote> That's irrelevant. If they go somewhere else, then they're not Reddit's problem.

<quote>Dunno what it will accomplish as those users just go elsewhere,</quote> That's irrelevant. If they go somewhere else, then they're not Reddit's problem. Consider that most "purges" happen to coincide with bad PR and you'll understand that's what their motive is.