Spaceman Spiff

I’m not sure why everyone thinks the lawyers would get involved. It doesn’t matter what the guidelines technically say. Reddit has already proven to be extremely untrustworthy regarding their mod policy. If the admins want the mods out, the mods will simply be out.

But it sets a nice precedent/roadmap for the people still there even after the new mods (who have pledged fealty to the king) are installed. Countless people will do this until they get banned, hurting Reddit where it counts.

Much like a train wreck, part of me wants to see that. But I also know that like a train wreck, I’d turn away as soon as it was actually in front of me

It’s an interesting move. The only moves are to ban (at least from that sub) all of those users, or to decide that profanity doesn’t merit the NSFW tag.

The first would require a lot of work from the admins (either doing the moderating, or replacing mods until they find some that are willing to take orders on this, for free). The second endangers that sweet, sweet advertising money they want so dearly.

Of course, they could try to wait it out, but that seems unlikely. They’ve already taken extreme action to end the protests.