as a selfish, passive consumer of reddit content without partaking in even voting, i just want to enjoy the threads already out there. i see the arguments and

as a selfish, passive consumer of reddit content without partaking in even voting, i just want to enjoy the threads already out there. i see the arguments and i wonder why the way to protest is not to just stop participating, rather than taking down the subreddit. if moderation is hard without the third-party apps, stop doing it? to my understanding, the mods want to preserve their powers and the subreddits' integrity. so prolonging the blackout does not seem much more effective to me than the initial publicity in tech media. especially if people running the site understand the above point.