In response Reddit kicking a bunch of moderators and mass-undeleting content, the Reddit userbase has responded by... mass uploading multi-gigabyte videos of old-style television static.

The reason the capitalists are panicing and trying to sell the hot potato is interest rates went up. No longer able to borrow endlessly at zero interest to fund operations, and the income needed to break even (let alone be profitable) includes the now much larger interest payments.

Result: MUST CASH OUT NOW!!!