I think the most annoying part was users flip flopping about the protest in the anti-protest camp

First it was that the blackout would be pointless and for the protest to succeed it would need to be more disruptive

Once subs tried to remain indefinitely closed, allow no new posts, allow NSFW content or only allow posts of a joke nature. Suddenly the anti-protest group said it was too far, ruining the site for regular users etc