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It was a limited scale action to show the impact possible. If reddit indeed won’t move it could become indefinitely. /r/ffxiv already wanted to move it to a week or indefinitely.
The problem is that reddit is going to call the bluff. The lay-user is going to get the shaft, at best mod tools will be beefed up to keep the jannies in the fold, the rest of the site is interchangeable. I doubt most subs will remain closed purely on principle, and if any of the big ones do, there’s probably several power mods perfectly willing to step in.