I'm not sure they were hiding anything; maybe you just missed it among the thousands of other posts collectively across thousands of subs about the blackout protest. There was also:
* June 11: 'r/Python Will Black Out on June 12 at 00:00 UTC'
* June 12: 'By community vote, r/Python will Return to a Blackout'
* June 16: 'An Update about our Community' (text started with links, 'Here is a summary of the changes which prompted the recent Blackout. Here's our announcement for doing the Blackout....' and then 'Hence we wish to take another poll of community feedback...'
* June 28: 'By community vote, r/Python will Return to a Blackout'
Looks like the volunteer r/python mods were doing their best to keep everyone involved in the decision-making and informed of the outcomes while also juggling that volunteer activity for a for-profit company with their paying jobs and real-world responsibilities.
* June 11: 'r/Python Will Black Out on June 12 at 00:00 UTC'
* June 12: 'By community vote, r/Python will Return to a Blackout'
* June 16: 'An Update about our Community' (text started with links, 'Here is a summary of the changes which prompted the recent Blackout. Here's our announcement for doing the Blackout....' and then 'Hence we wish to take another poll of community feedback...'
* June 28: 'By community vote, r/Python will Return to a Blackout'
Looks like the volunteer r/python mods were doing their best to keep everyone involved in the decision-making and informed of the outcomes while also juggling that volunteer activity for a for-profit company with their paying jobs and real-world responsibilities.