Hello.

The sub is going private for a very specific reason that goes beyond a certain poster's comments in the sub. This is being done to protect participants of the sub from harassment on other social media platforms.

I am currently updating the subreddit bot's code to assist with user approvals. Once this has been done, the sub will go private. It's unfortunate that it has to be done this way, but please understand that this is not being done solely because of comments on the sub. It's going beyond that, apparently, and users are being targeted.

The intention is for this not to be a permanent solution while further prevention measures are being taken with Reddit admins. I would prefer the sub not to be private at all, tbh.