>That would be a disaster for them. It would be "Mods are asleep, post X" taken to extreme.
They wouldn't be forced open with zero mods, obviously. They'll find volunteers.
I would expect that if mass demoddings happen though you would see some sort of weird civil war on Reddit emerge though where outraged users would support spamming these subs in the way you describe specifically to ensure that their prophecy is fulfilled. You can even see people hoping for it in this thread already.
They already found volunteers before. Those volunteers with significant personal investment are effectively going on a strike.
Finding replacement volunteers with no experience and short notice is unlikely to work well... and worse if they include people with an agenda against the current mods.
They wouldn't be forced open with zero mods, obviously. They'll find volunteers.
I would expect that if mass demoddings happen though you would see some sort of weird civil war on Reddit emerge though where outraged users would support spamming these subs in the way you describe specifically to ensure that their prophecy is fulfilled. You can even see people hoping for it in this thread already.