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The framing of "Go back to normal" or "Only sexy pictures of John Oliver" was clever. Lots of people are going to pick the funny option over the boring one in basically any low stakes poll, so even people who don't care much about the protest probably still voted for it.
There's also a lot more motivation for the people who are pissed about Reddit's changes vs. the people who just want their infinite feed of content back to its former state.
I bet similar scenarios play out with spez's whole "moderator democracy" idea.
TooAfraidToAsk has a poll where people can vote on the days the sub should be open with expected results. Democracy triumphs!
These kinds of stunts are useful because they keep up the spirit of the protest but turn it into a game that keeps (some) people entertained. It isn't as good as a pure Reddit boycott but that isn't ever going to happen. By making the subs worthless it diminishes the value to the mainstream crowd (you see the complaints already starting) and causes them to not be on Reddit as much which drives ad dollars away.