Voting has now closed.
Our final tally is as follows:
Return to normal operations: -2,329 votes
Only allow images of John Oliver looking sexy: 37,331 votes
It would seem that the community has spoken!
Henceforth, /r/Pics will only allow images of John Oliver looking sexy.
Wait, I thought the objective was to reduce traffic to reddit.
It’s funny for a day, but it’ll be a graveyard in a week, I’m guessing.
I think this is the best possible response to being essentially forced to reopen.
Forcing mods back is one thing, but it’s a lot harder to bring back users once they’ve found another chew toy to gnaw on.
Or rather it’s a lot harder to bring back users and make them stay if all they can see are sexy pictures of John Oliver