I don't think that's true. r/nba, a top 10 active subreddit at the time of going private, put it to a public vote where the overwhelming majority of the community voted to suspend indefinitely.
This was during the NBA finals, mind you. Hard to put that sort of result on a small group of mods.
This was during the NBA finals, mind you. Hard to put that sort of result on a small group of mods.