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Until spez changes the rules and allows his supporters to vote those mods out, which he already announced he'd do. That's why the recent actions by the mod teams were just pointless, almost none of them threatened Reddit's bottom line.
They could have asked users to block ads using uBlock Origin, most of them didn't. They could have stickied threads on their respective subs about Lemmy and/or the Fediverse, they didn't. They could have stickied threads where they call on users to cancel their premium subscriptions, they didn't.
Somehow they felt that what would impact Reddit's revenue the most is a silent blackout followed by some funny mischief after reopening.
They chose an action that is not harsh enough for them to be "fired" as mods, yet is strong enough to be visible.
It reminds me (to a certain extent) of absurd protests against communist authorities, which happened in my country back in Cold War times, ie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Alternative . The aim is to make the authorities look like idiots, using force to make them stop. You have to be creative, when you're fighting with someone who has total control over the platform, for me their move makes sense.