Surprising that this bug hit only NSFW and LGBT subs no? Almost sounds like there’s a shortlist to run through with such scripts.

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      Ban-Unban-Ban-Unban-Ban until using the site is obnoxious and participation plunges. Then start removing mods for arbitrarily enforced infractions. Seed in your own corporate friendly goons. They start banning active users and veteran accounts. Eventually, the whole sub just becomes reposts of ten year old Blåhaj memes and photoshopped/AI-generated random people waving rainbow flags with comments too generic for a Markov Chain.

      Its a strategy Reddit Admins have been using since 2012 to “clean up” a popular sub without actually killing it. Look Don’t Touch is the future of Reddit.