Prior to the protest reddit was in full support of the protest. Most polls on subs supported a shutdown. Now, seemingly every community cant understand why the protest was needed and they’re calling it a mod power trip. There is a 3rd possibility. This is an unfounded conspiracy but reddit themselves could be manipulating scores.
See the NFL thread if you don’t mind sending traffic
https://reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/14b11kh/were_just_here_so_we_dont_get_fined/
Simply, there’s not people I like anymore on Reddit or content I need. It’s not a place for me now. I don’t care what happens to it, I’ll never go on it again. Thankfully I don’t have mega niche hobbies so there’s a lot of alternatives for me (forums or discords or kbin)