In the source, the artist says this:

"18 months ago, I drew the #1 upvoted comic in Reddit history. The next day, r/comics was CONVINCED I was an alt-right crypto fash trying to infiltrate their website. My crimes were drawing a hand gesture they misinterpreted, and following a few conservatives on Twitter."

To which resulted of him getting doxxed and mass targeted harrassment because of a trivial thing he did.

Choose 1:
A. Because Reddit
B. Because they demanded more and he refused to play into their culture of desperate pursuit of popularity
C. Because what he usually does doesn't match post-ironic crap and he knows even if they don't that his comic wasn't actually good
D. Because Reddit