I don't think it's what they wanted or they would have just shut it down like they did to a lot of other smaller subs, like r/Mr Trump. They wanted to keep the traffic without letting our posts get coverage. They also fixed it so that spiders wouldn't archive our posts. We became invisible, but they could still use us for high traffic count when pitching ads. Very diabolical, but they never wanted us gone, just corralled. Given that, why should we stay there?