It’s obvious that Reddit as a company has no respect for its users and less than that for the mods. It’s a thankless, difficult job that isn’t even a paid position. I think a lot of us have probably quit real jobs for less bs than Reddit has pulled.
So why stay? Why bother with protests and such when the company has made it clear they don’t value your work or your opinions? Why not just pull out en masse and let the place burn to the ground?
Some because of the power, others because they love the community so much. In my opinion, if a company doesn’t respect or like you don’t work for free for them because of some misguided sense of community or duty. Only do it for the powertripping then.