There are 3.1 million subreddits.

That 8838 is the number of subs who pledged to protest in some capacity. A lot of them are big subreddits, but still. It's not like they've cut off access to 90% of the site like some people think.

With all due respect, I don't see that phrase being used anywhere.

I just used the wording from the old subreddit.

Really? Man, both of the links worked for me and I was so happy that I got the formatting correct. You could probably search for it and find it under the communities if you're interested.