That could be because the mods have made a rule that auto mod will remove all new posts until a nod has had a chance to physically review it before allowing it to be visible on the sub since they have lost some of their most active mods and moderation tools. It’s another way for the mods to continue the protest and I for one hope they continue to irritate reddit admins as much as they can.

I would say they should just completely abandon ship. But then reddit will just give the sub to some power mod who still like to be dominated by the reddit admins and the sub will get back to full flow.