They gave r/snackexchange to some random guy who had participated in the subreddit one time a decade ago. When he was getting weird and manipulative trying to reshape the subreddit, his top priority was instituting a new ID verification service of his choice.

The first guy to request control of r/science was an antivaxxer who sold supplements.

It's so wholly arbitrary and underhanded. I just stopped interacting with my other subreddits and don't care what happens to them.

Kinda funny how similar this is to how scab labor is also typically low-quality, expect Reddit is literally not paying anyone anything and decided to kill the goose that lays golden eggs

Delete your account

https://old.reddit.com/r/redditseppuku/comments/14frr4u/reddit_seppuku_how_to/?ref=share&ref_source=link

Ars Technica article is much much much better: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/are-reddits-replacement-mods-fit-to-fight-misinformation/