There's a playbook people who have zero control over a situation use to try and trigger influence anyway, and "insane conspiracy" is one of the chapters of that

There's a playbook people who have zero control over a situation use to try and trigger influence anyway, and "insane conspiracy" is one of the chapters of that playbook. Like it or hate it, Reddit can run however Reddit wants, and the vast majority of its users won't care, basically no matter what, as long as the core value prop (endless scrolling of relevant content) remains. Subs going dark for a few days doesn't materially move the needle to the owners of Reddit, and in fact I'd bet a lot of the "normal" users are only dimly aware of how, why, or even if it happened at all. Regardless, if they are aware, they're probably mad about it, and want their content back. Mods have no control here in the long run, users who are upset have no control in the long run, so the only hail mary chance they have is creating chaos, so that's what they do. Steady hands at the wheel are the antidote, and we'll see if spez has what it takes. So far no, but it's not over.