What did the cars pay with in the movie "Cars"? (2019)

Amusing post in the "try to make too much of everything" vein.

The subreddit header has something on it I've not seen before:

"YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY. PLEASE RESPECT THAT BY NOT DOWNVOTING."

I've joined a ton of subreddits in the past (and left quite a few), and I've never seen this before. How widespread is this practice? Does it work?

is reddit down this morning?