Hey there, friend :)
I just wanted to mention to you directly that you are a human being and you have choices here.
First acknowledging that you do need to stay employed of course and I don’t blame you, as the worker, for helping Reddit during this moment. But there are these few moments each day at your work where you can make small, deliberate decisions on behalf of your fellow human beings over hollow corporate furtherance.
Just do a bit less each day. Forget to send an email here and there. Copy the wrong “Debbie” or “Todd” in that email that you do send - honest mistake. Forget to ban that mod you are asked to ban, or forget one in the group. If you’re feeling bold, get off of your work machine and reach out to those mods on a dummy account with a heads up.
Again, not your fault as an individual either in a broken system, but you probably have small opportunities every day to help the world (and hurt Reddit a bit). Embrace those opportunities.
We believe in you.
That’s hubris though. Big orgs find a way to spin and persist. We need everything right now to ensure a better future, whatever it may be.
The “ignore Reddit” crowd are working to Reddit’s benefit, even if they aren’t aware. You’re helping people form habits right now by enraging with fediverse content for any reason. Those people need a reason to come back each day, they need kinetic energy. Reddit was a place to discuss relevant issues - this is a relevant issue and we CAN discuss it now.
P.s. I haven’t anon browsed/logged in on web/mobile, or launched a Reddit app since the 11th. No current plans to do so if I can avoid it. Some of my old main subs have discords, and discord sucks as a substitute. I’m left away from those communities for now, and that sucks as well. But we’re all figuring it out right now, so be more kind my friends, try to be more kind.