On one hand, I get the Reddit protest. Going private on a sub means people can't enjoy Reddit, because perhaps their favorite topics are no longer available. That makes the users open to Reddit alternatives (many keep mentioning Voat.co). It wouldn't be the first time mismanagement caused a mass migration (see: Digg --> Reddit). So I get that part, protest Reddit to hurt them. Obviously a potential side effect is dissolving the community completely. /r/KSP was a pretty special place because it wasn't a mess of nonsense, infighting, name-calling, etc. Everyone was happy, noobs were free to post their Mun landing and were upvoted and congratulated rather than buried. It was pretty awesome. Who knows whether Voat (or search and replace with your Reddit alt of choice) would have the same community? That's the crappy part about this.
