[HN] Apple subreddit reopens after moderation team threatened with removal

To any mods facing similar pressure: you can implement ridiculous rules. Like how Reddit is fine with r/Superbowl deleting any post that isn't a picture of an owl.

I think this is a clever way to get around Admin threats, but how would you communicate to the users that the point of ridiculous rules is because you're not supposed to be there, rather than it being because you're power-tripping? I guess the simple answer would be that you DON'T, since the users who are protesting as well probably aren't on Reddit anyway, and so this is really just a way to punish the scabs.