Consider the opposite. Every single person on the planet making 10 posts per day. It would be like Facebook on super meth.
Poob
joined 2 years ago
You don't let pedophiles babysit your kids, and you don't let Facebook federate with your social network.
The same reason that a lot of crosswalks have fake buttons. So you feel like you have control.
Saying that it's over and the Reddit won is a bit naive. The majority of the subs that I used to frequent have come back online, but they are definitely still protesting. ProgrammerHumor is making new troll rules based on majority vote every week. Madlads made everyone a mod. Many subs are posting John Oliver or troll versions of their original purpose.
It's not over. Will they succeed? Who knows. But Reddit is currently a completely different place than it was a month ago because of the ongoing protests.