Blood sacrifices won't be enough, unless the sacrifice is the company as a whole. Oddly enough, the only time that Reddit managed to unite its userbase for a cause, that cause was against Reddit itself. Users might disagree on the best approach, but practically nobody trusts the company any more, it isn't just the CEO.
That's specially bad for the company in the light of the IPO.
>Although I do foresee Reddit “super mods” forcibly removing the blackout through their backend, removing mod status from the “rebels” and inserting their own friendly mods until they can find replacements.
They could, but this would cause damage on its own. People might hate the current mods but they'd hate the sycophants even more.
That's specially bad for the company in the light of the IPO.
>Although I do foresee Reddit “super mods” forcibly removing the blackout through their backend, removing mod status from the “rebels” and inserting their own friendly mods until they can find replacements.
They could, but this would cause damage on its own. People might hate the current mods but they'd hate the sycophants even more.