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/
i use RIF and old.reddit with RES and have been doing so for almost a decade at this point. if RIF is gone, I’m not using reddit on my phone anymore. maybe i continue using the website… i’m not sure. but i think they will eventually kill old.reddit and RES just like they are killing RIF
essentially it’s probably gonna be my last 2 weeks on reddit