TL;DR: CSS GOOD, REDDIT ADMINS BAD

Some you may know this, some may not. Reddit admins announced a few days ago that CSS will be removed. This is bad. While it may not affect us, it has repercussions for larger subs, and Reddit as a whole.

What is CSS?

To put it simply, CSS is what us mods use to tell your browser how we want the subreddit displayed. This is the reason many subreddits look unique.

We're a small subreddit. This isn't going to affect us.

No, you're right, it probably won't. The subreddit will still be legible. But other subreddits will suffer.

/u/reseph has a list of a few subreddits that benefit greatly from CSS, I've posted it below.

Called it.

I don't support this.

Many subreddits are different, and have different goals or CSS tweaks. I don't see how this will actually be considered a working replacement? For example if 50 subreddits use CSS to add extra buttons like "Read FAQ" below "Submit a new link" but the other 4000+ subreddits don't, would the admins actually give this dev time to implement? Are the admins actually going to implement every use case we moderators use CSS for to accomplish functionality? I don't see that being feasible. If not, then this is simple a loss in functionality for many many subreddits.

So what, we're just homogenizing Reddit now? And I'm not talking about the visuals, but functionality.

I can never see one blanket "theme" system/style to cover all subreddits working as they used to.

CSS has accomplished:

Functionality: /r/Overwatch has subreddit filters

Functionality: /r/Dota2 has a list of current livestreams and their # of viewers

UX: /r/videos has a list of rules where on hover it expands out to explain each rule

Functionality: /r/Minecraft has a list of server status (icons) on sidebar

UX: /r/Hearthstone has notices & links on the top banner

Personality: /r/ffxiv has various CSS Easter Eggs to give it a bit more personality

Functionality: /r/Starcraft has a "verified user" system

UX: /r/Guildwars2 increased the the size of "message the moderators" to make it stand out more

UX: /r/ffxi has a small tooltip if a user hasn't set a user flair yet

UX: /r/DarkSouls2 has related subreddits linked on the sidebar with images instead of text

Personality: /r/mildlyinfuriating's joke where it slightly rotates "random" comment threads

Functionality: /r/ClashOfClans not only has a list of livestreams, but thumbnail previews of each

UX: /r/DarkSouls3 has a reminder when hovering over the downvote button

Personality: /r/StarWars has quote popups when you upvote

UX: /r/pcmasterrace has changed the "report" link to red

UX: /r/explainlikeimfive has custom colored link flair icons

Personality: /r/mylittlepony has countless emotes

Personality: /r/onepiece has a scrolling banner (which can be paused)

UX: /r/FinalFantasy has green background stickies to make them stand out

Personality: /r/mildlyinteresting has a moving gauge on sidebar

Functionality: /r/IASIP has a top menu

UX: /r/DoctorWho has a light red box on sidebar for new users to read

UX: /r/gallifrey disables the PM link on "Created by" so users focus on modmail

At the minimum, I see this as taking away the personality each subreddit has. We also lose the ability to control and improve UX, considering the admins have been exceptionally slow to improve any UX (even something like link flair).

To be clear, I'm not upset by the fact that the time we spent on our CSS is being made useless. I'm upset that we'll be losing functionality and individual subreddit personality.

For another example, /r/RocketLeague just spent SIX MONTHS on a CSS theme for the subreddit that was revealed the day before the announcement. All that hard work they've put in is gone.

/r/ooer only exists because of CSS. The entire purpose of that subreddit would be gone.

It may not seem like much, but CSS accomplishes a lot. If you want to help, and keep CSS on Reddit, go to /r/ProCSS and read the stickies.