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/
Couldn’t have said it better. I tried explaining what’s going on to my gf and it was… difficult. The fact that she couldn’t understand who John Oliver was and why he was suddenly a big deal was peak internet for me though lol.