• When tens-of-thousands-strong communities are voting overwhelmingly in favor of these “malicious” actions maybe we should look at what they are responding to.

    Yes it’s intended to hurt Reddit. How else are protests supposed to be actually meaningful or result in any actual negotiating leverage? These subreddits have power in their numbers and they’re just using it.

    • When tens-of-thousands-strong communities are voting overwhelmingly in favor of these “malicious” actions maybe we should look at what they are responding to.

      Yes I mentioned what they were responding to in the comment you replied to.