Huffman said in an interview that he plans to institute rules changes that would allow Reddit users to vote out moderators who have overseen the protest, comparing them to a “landed gentry.”

Wait, what? Huffman himself is “landed gentry”; moderators are among those who have to do the actual work.

Sure, now he cares so darned much about democratic support and accountability of moderators…

Which I’m not completely sure is a good idea, but still

So these votes are going to be done by the people who haven’t left reddit in protest and if those of us who have left in protest come back to vote in the polls, reddit will claim that outsiders are brigading the votes so the sub will be reopened. There is no situation where a community vote to remain closed will be respected by the site owners.