You can look through my comments on this if you care, but I've been for the protests. What I've thought is that everyone needs each other. Reddit needs the mods

You can look through my comments on this if you care, but I've been for the protests. What I've thought is that everyone needs each other. Reddit needs the mods. Reddit needs the users. The users need the mods, and, obviously Reddit for the platform. Reddit needs the mods for their free services, and, obviously the users. Protesting because Reddit is making life hard for mods and users is one thing. But doing so in a way that is harmful to users means this little social compact isn't upheld. "Start your own sub" or "just be a mod, bro" would be fine if the mods "owned" the subreddits, but they don't and they shouldn't feel like they do. They are entrusted with it and users generate the content. There are problem mods. They can break their own rules with no recourse. Complaining about a mod harassing you gets you a "too bad" email from Reddit because they rely on the mods. Users are the only ones who have no other recourse than voting with their feet. If a user likes r/thing and then r/thing is filled with porn so that the user can't even use it anymore half the waking day, then they will leave and I don't think Reddit is wrong to do something about this.