My understanding is that it’s due (at least in part) to some pretty aggressive censorship that’s been going on over there. Especially with regard to Luigi and related topics.

I’m also curious to hear if I’m wrong or if there’s other stuff at play too

I think reddit started banning people for even upvoting Luigi memes and protest stuff.

Reddit decided to get a lil fashy and start banning people even for just upvoting shit.

I deleted my 11 year account when they restricted API access, but capitulated and came back. Updoot restrictions and two 3 day bans made me close up shop and come over for good. I loved reddit, but will never go back again.

I was unaware until recently. The death of the Apollo app was the end of Reddit for me but between old.reddit and ad blockers the experience was ok. But once I learned an alternative existed I moved.

For me, it was the upcoming news of paid subreddit access that finally pushed me over to retry this place.