I mean Lemmy itself is simply a program/network that connects to other pieces of itself. lemmy.ml is different to lemmy.world for example, even though they might feel or seem like one thing.

how does this even happen?

True but I guess they have to do it this time if they don’t want reddit to be full of spam.

Bring a friend!

Holy shit over 2.5 billion combined subscribers. I’ve also been seeing quite a few people deleting their accounts, myself included.

Didn’t Reddit say they would be creating their own mod tools?

Because they know that ultimately the layuser will stay on reddit. Super sad to see, but maybe if subreddits like r/movies stay dark indefinitely it may push them to make at least some changes to their current stance.

If not and they just swap moderators, the outcry might be pretty bad.