Can someone explain to me the impact of a reddit going private?     Containment, remember when FPH got banned, it flooded reddit. It won't be as bad, but sister subreddits will get an influx of people.    Voat may see an increase in user population due to this as well. Edit: Looks like Voat is seeing an increase: https://voat.co/v/announcements/comments/194043   Everyone is acting like it's a big deal but I don't really understand why that is.     Just starting to read up on this in the meta-subreddits: https://www.reddit.com/r/Drama/comments/3bw66c/admin_chooter_aka_victoria_has_been_let_go_from/ - archive https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/3bw39q/why_has_riama_been_set_to_private/csq3xrq - archive Karmanaut: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/3bw39q/why_has_riama_been_set_to_private/csq204d - archive  Apparently the admin that was let go, was the one that handled AMA scheduling. From what I've read so far.    Edit: Adding links and archives