I think it's a matter of airing on the side of caution while things are worked out. We can't do much but speculate until they're free to tell us whats going on. But at the very least are comics aren't gone, they're just not particularly searchable. And considering the search function was pretty broken until recently, that doesn't make a huge difference.
Unless we're no longer appearing in Fresh, etc, anymore, which would be worrying.