I am still waiting to see how Congress acts overall to the likes of WSB and trading apps in general. I am betting they will have some wonderful sounding law with all sorts of wording claiming it is to protect the unwitting amateurs while in fact simply protecting their wall street donors from these amateurs upsetting their apple cart.
I'd phrase that as "is standard operating procedure", actually.
There are thousands of people who would accept the position.
If so, indeed they may strike and indeed they may be in the right demanding some part of an IPO's value.
While I can see shenanigans with replacing mods, I don't see them shutting down the subreddit.
For every mod that goes on strike, many more people will step up to take over.
Most of the mod work in the high volume subs are through automod anyway.
The stock price harm is less from the site disruption but more for continuing the site's reputation as hard to monetise.
There are options beyond removal and a notice.
Rich or many people buying and selling though.