Simple  People keep wandering in due to KIA's size meaning we hit the front page a lot even with the vote locks. KIA's position as the default "dissident sub", means that large amounts of red pills are distributed to anyone who doesn't know what's going on (I've repeatedly seen people ask "what's Voat"? and be directed here as "Reddit with Free Speech"). The longer we stay, the more we make Reddit bleed as we open their wounds, and put Reddit in a worse place when they ban us. Reddit is still far more well known then Voat, so we have more visibility.  It's stupid to abandon Reddit, making them force us out is far more damaging to them, and far more beneficial to ourselves.