This, coupled with this piece by @caseynewton and @zoeschiffer, makes me think that the current #Reddit management is probably just incompetent
When your user base has so much bargaining power, you don’t confront them as directly and as grossly as that. You really don’t.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/13/23759130/reddit-protests-history-community-growth-moderation