Sad as hell, the mods seemed to be strong in their vision about why they wanted to continue the blackout and ended up giving up at the first glance of the possibility of being removed as mods. After all they didnt care about making a difference as much as they cared about continuing to be mods.
Yeah, their post about preserving the community reads very hollow. Is a community worth preserving if it’s context, and rules, and user submitted content are all owned, controlled, and misused by a corporation?
If we can’t have it, neither can Reddit makes much more sense. The community can exist without Reddit and they don’t seem to see the value in their community