The Minecraft subreddit won't be a source for official Mojang communications going forward.
If you want official updates from the Minecraft dev team, you better not look on Reddit. A post from a Reddit user bearing the name sliced_lime and a flair indicating they are the Minecraft Java Tech
It makes sense. They're probably worried that if/when moderators leave, the subreddit would become too low-quality or controversial to risk associating with.