Honestly, I think he should just get the fine and maybe some community service. It’s not like he did some terrible evil thing, he simply caused a tiny amount of damage to huge ancient structure.
Why should he lose 5 years of his life over something simple like this? Just give him a big fine that makes him regret it, and he won’t do it again.
What happened was the top mod, who had been inactive for a while, came online and overrode the other mod’s decision to stay open. This caused a moderator dispute, which caused the admins to step in, and they decided to remove the top mod and reopen the sub.
https://lemmy.intai.tech/comment/31833
(And if Reddit was maliciously forcing subs open, why would they choose r/AdviceAnimals?)
Corporations are neither evil nor nice. They are indifferent. By design they only care about money, they don’t care about anything else.