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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/throwawayimmigrant2k on 2023-09-04 04:47:08.
Be it a sad day (r/modcoord at the peak of protests) or a day to rejoice (the current state of comments on this sub's posts), r/GIFs appears to have given in completely.
Its sidebar still reads "All GIFs posted in /r/GIFs must feature John Oliver." on old.reddit.com (most likely an oversight), but the "Not John Oliver" report reason has disappeared.
r/GIFs was already a shell of its once great existence (when GIFs were still GIFs and not just MP4s wrapped in an autoplay+loop container) and had been defacto taken over by an activist account reaching almost 1 in 3 posts and abusing the blocking system to stifle criticism.
It was one of the subs that chose to introduce a rule about requiring John Oliver to be a part of posts. Recently this rule went unenforced by the moderation team, including when posts were reported. Now, that being a reason for reporting has been removed entirely.
As with r/Pics, no statement has been made. One of the mods spearheading the effort has not shown any activity on their account in 50 days.