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There are signs that the blackout will have an affect on their bottomline if it's kept up [1]. I'd imagine that's why they're making these moves to remove moderators participating in the blackout so quickly. I think it'll be interesting to see if they can find other moderators who participate for free and bring as much value to reddit as the current mods do.

My guess is that the changes will still go ahead and the general quality of content on reddit will go down longer term although how much is an open question.

[1] https://www.adweek.com/social-marketing/ripples-through-redd...