the thing you're missing here is that some people have strong emotional attachments to their subreddit communities, to the point of considering it to be part of

the thing you're missing here is that some people have strong emotional attachments to their subreddit communities, to the point of considering it to be part of their identity. I was like this, once, many years ago, and while I can't quite understand why anyone would've stayed on an obviously-sinking ship this long, I can see where they're coming from. the thing that should've clued you into this is how emotionally-charged and defensive the language used by these people is (let alone the desire to stage a virtual "protest"…)—once you see this pattern, it's easy to identify going forward.