The records appear to be fully intact on my side [...]
Cheers!
[the schtick]
What I've gathered is that the schtick is to find some really cringey/odd article from NYT bordering more on opinion rather than news, share it on /c/news, wait for people who stumble upon it not knowing the schtick to leave their serious comments, and then after 2 days lock the post (all posts do get locked after this period, are the ones you see more recent?) and tempban everyone who left a comment for some asinine reason (ex: "abbreviations").
My best guess is that it's absurdist commentary about the antics that some self-absorbed moderators get up to.



