[Megathread] Subreddit shutdown

We have chosen at this time to set r/AskReddit private. Communication and support between admins and moderators has been deteriorating and basic tools such as moderator tools and modmail are sloppy at best, with constant promise for improvement never coming. Communication has also been lacking as evidenced by todays mishandled firing of Chooter. Feel free to use the comment section to discuss or ask questions.

Edit: please check out this post in r/OutOfTheLoop for more info about the situation.

Edit2: For clarification: askreddit will be private for an undecided amount of time. We won't give access to specific users. Thanks for understanding!

Edit3: We've opened up askreddit a little over 6 hours ago. Here's our modpost on it.