I'm genuinely surprised that moderators are putting what little power on the site they have at risk. At the first sign of disagreeable dissent The Reddit Overlords, with a few clicks of the keyboard, can and will remove the protesters from their property. They are merely harvesting the land on Reddit's server farm. In no way, shape or form does a moderator "own" a subreddit. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if every moderator from every subreddit who joins this 'protest' finds that their account is removed from moderation privileges and they end up with a banned account. Looks like it's finally time to encourage my community to move to another site. The password reset requirement is understandable the fact that the posts and comments were not restored, less so. When I logged back in, I saw that all of the posts and comments I've made from this account had been deleted. The timing seemed curious, but as I was logged in over an Airbnb's wifi, I figured it could be legitimate. I received an email from reddit that said my account had been locked for "suspicious activity" and I would need to reset my password. Several minutes later, the site logged me out. ![]() So, I commented to add the subs to the list and made announcement posts based on the template linked from r/modcoord. We're fairly small, if non-negligible potatos: altogether, maybe 10k-15k active users on a busy day, but still want to show support. I moderate a few subreddits for a niche hobby, and decided to join the protest. As you may be aware, there is an upcoming protest on June 12-14 where many subreddits are going private for 48 hours in protest of reddit's API fee increase, which many expect will lead to the end of all third party apps.
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