That seems doubtful. The knives are already out, with moderators lower down the list requesting to become the new top mod, so they can reopen popular subreddits

That seems doubtful. The knives are already out, with moderators lower down the list requesting to become the new top mod, so they can reopen popular subreddits. Eg. https://www.reddit.com/r/redditrequest/comments/149z2nd/requesting_rscience_due_to_inactivity/ https://www.reddit.com/r/redditrequest/comments/149z2nd/requ...