I do agree that the protest in that particular form is completely pointless, as evidenced by the spez memo - reddit admins do not care about a short blackout and will not change course because of it.
That's why I decided to simply not go back there anymore - even if all subs come back, I will not. I'll miss a lot of things from there, but my personal blackout shall continue indefinitely, as overdramatic and pompous as it sounds :)