I feel like Reddit's moderation system might need an overhaul. Its happened quite a few times where "inactive" mods come back and wreak havoc on an otherwise successful subreddit. I feel like there should be a process to remove inactive mods.
In my opinion: The charm of reddit is the smaller subreddits, once a subreddit grows too large, it's usually better to just find a new one with the same purpose.
Reddit should definetly be investigated in that bump and dump scheme. They turned a blind eye to this whole saga and should be more transparent. Everything critical about the hysteric theories were either hidden or downvoted so no one can see the reality, they have to a responsibility to this situation.
It's easier just to find a better place to discuss your thoughts. Many subreddits especially anything politically related are echo chambers.
(There is one. It involves filing a thing with the reddit administration.)