Advance, the company that controls Reddit, would be wise to replace the CEO whose mismanagement and arrogance has led moderators of thousands of subreddits to go private in protest.

Put someone in place who realizes that the communities made the service in every way that matters.

Maybe Advance is hoping the protestors will go weak-kneed (as so many people on Twitter have done, sadly) and return.

Moderators, please, please don't back down on this. Stay dark.

(Corrected re extent of strike..)

@dangillmor Reddit is known to take over unmoderated communities of certain sizes. They put in their own people as moderators and try to find additional (free) mods further on.

The current moderators can't stay dark. But they can get replaced.