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/
Don’t forget that reddit has the ability to astroturf themselves. Some of those are sock puppets. Others are a coordinated effort by accounts that have never used the subs they’re bitching on before.
Check the user history of some of those. They fit the standard bot pattern
And I wouldn’t put it past spez to deploy some secret bots just for this reason.
I already got several accounts piping up that they want to moderate, but it’s their first comment on the sub…
This is a perfect opportunity for shills, state actors, political think-tanks and others to gain more control.