Comment by tivert

Maybe the solution isn't a blackout, but a spam-out. Instead trying to go private indefinitely, the subreddits should just implement automatic moderation policies designed to suppress valuable content and pass through low-value content (that doesn't violate content policies). For instance: automatically kill any post that gets too many upvotes, allow certain tired and overdone memes but block any new memes. That would kill the value of the community to Reddit Inc. but be much harder for the admins to automatically detect and counter.