“He added that he plans to make changes to moderator policies so users can vote them out. Currently, a higher-ranking moderator — or the company — can boot out moderators. Incidentally, a r/Apple moderator posted on Twitter (via 9to5Mac) that Reddit was threatening to remove moderators who are staging an indefinite blackout.”
That last paragraph summarizes my feelings as well. This isn’t the protest that will end reddit. I don’t know when or if that will ever happen, but this feels different from all the previous reddit drama. This feels like the beginning of the end. Like those first few college students creating a facebook page instead of a MySpace account. MySpace didn’t go away. Most people still had both for a long time, but it was the start.